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Nobel laureate economist; MIT Institute Professor; author of Power and Progress
Good AI needs to complement humans, and this requires a redirection, because the current focus on AGI is, in all but name, an agenda for displacing humans from meaningful work.
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Daron Acemoglu, quoted in Axios, “Top economists issue warning on AI’s implications,” July 15, 2026.
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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AI Verified Relevant: Acemoglu characterizes the AGI agenda as displacing humans from meaningful work. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Verified: the linked Axios article quotes Daron Acemoglu with this wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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