AI Is Being Built to Replace You—Not Help You
Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu warns that multiple factors are driving a labor-replacement model, with potentially dire consequences for society.
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On this episode of Trumponomics, Stephanie Flanders sits down with Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu to unpack one of the most urgent questions facing the global economy: how is artificial intelligence changing the future of work, and what are the potentially dire consequences for society and democracy?
While headlines, industry hype and employers suggest a near-term revolution that will make workers more efficient and successful, Acemoglu offers a more measured—and unsettling—view.