- Boston Review
Redesigning AI
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- Daron Acemoglu
- Boston Review
- Paperback
- 9781946511621
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- Computers > Artificial Intelligence - General
- English
Book Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not likely to make humans redundant. Nor will it create superintelligence anytime soon. But it will make huge advances in the next two decades, revolutionize medicine, entertainment, and transport, transform jobs and markets, and vastly increase the amount of information that governments and companies have about individuals.
AI for Good leads off with economist and best-selling author Daron Acemoglu, who argues that there are reasons to be concerned about these developments. AI research today pays too much attention to the technological hurtles ahead without enough attention to its disruptive effects on the fabric of society: displacing workers while failing to create new opportunities for them and threatening to undermine democratic governance itself.
But the direction of AI development is not preordained. Acemoglu argues for its potential to create shared prosperity and bolster democratic freedoms. But directing it to that task will take great effort: It will require new funding and regulation, new norms and priorities for developers themselves, and regulations over new technologies and their applications.
At the intersection of technology and economic justice, this book will bring together experts--economists, legal scholars, policy makers, and developers--to debate these challenges and consider what steps tech companies can do take to ensure the advancement of AI does not further diminish economic prospects of the most vulnerable groups of population.
Author Bio
Professor Daron Acemoglu teaches at the Department of Economics, MIT and his fields of interest include Political Economy, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Economic Theory, Technology, Income and Wage Inequality, Human Capital and Training, Labor Economics, and Network Economics.
Education
- London School of Economics Ph.D. Nov., 1992
- London School of Economics MSc. June, 1990
- University of York B.A. June, 1989
Title Of Doctoral Thesis
- Essays in Microfoundations of Macroeconomics: Contracts and Economic Performance
Professional Experience Academic Positions
- 1992-1993 Lecturer in Economics, London School of Economics
- 1993-1997 Assistant Professor of Economics, M.I.T.
- 1997-2000 Pentti Kouri Associate Professor of Economics, M.I.T.
- 2000-2004 Professor of Economics, M.I.T.
- 2004-2010 Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics, M.I.T.
- 2010-2019 Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, M.I.T. 2019-present MIT Institute Professor
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