‘This is the last opportunity for us to wake up’: A leading economist warns we’re headed for an AI-driven cataclysm

• How a leading economist learned to start worrying and fear artificial intelligence 
• Daren Acemoglu sees a torrent of warning signs that suggest AI may wound up favoring the few over the many.
• The conclusion to be drawn is not that technology is workers’ enemy. It’s that we need to make sure we end up with directions of technology that are more conducive to wage growth and shared prosperity.

Daren Acemoglu, one of the leading experts on the effects of technology, was awarded the Nobel prize in economics on October 14th 2024. This story was first published on September 18, 2023.