By THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Published on December 29, 2024
New research shows AI made some workers more productive—but less happy.
Daron Acemoglu, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who recently won the Nobel Prize in economics, worries that artificial intelligence will worsen income inequality and not do all that much for productivity. His friend and colleague David Autor is more hopeful, believing that AI could do just the opposite.
New research from Aidan Toner-Rodgers, an MIT doctoral student, challenges both Acemoglu’s pessimism and Autor’s optimism. Both professors are raving about it.
“It’s fantastic,” said Acemoglu.
“I was floored,” said Autor.