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Comment by David Autor
MIT labor economist; Ford Professor of Economics; leading researcher on technology and employment
I think we have a collective interest in managing this transition well. And if successful, we will be more affluent. We will have more possibilities. But it does not follow that those will be at all evenly distributed unless we take actions in that direction.
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(2026)
24d ago
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Quote attributed to David Autor (MIT labor economist): "I think we have a collective interest in managing this transition well. And if successful, we will be more affluent. We will have more possibilities. But it does not follow that those will be at all evenly distributed unless we take actions in that direction." Year 2026 confirmed (issues.org, published March 23, 2026). Vote "for" on statement "The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth" aligns correctly — Autor stresses that gains will not be evenly distributed unless we take deliberate action, supporting broad sharing. The source_url (issues.org) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch. However, web search corroborated the quote essentially verbatim with correct attribution and date. Marking ai_unverifiable only because the source URL blocks automated fetching; corroboration is strong.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1d ago
replying to David Autor