Daron Acemoglu(@DAcemogluMIT):In fact, in many areas where technooptimists argue that AI is going to revolutionize everything, the impact may be much less positive because current approaches are not helping us get to the bottom of mechanisms of human cognition, discovery, and innovation. In many of them, we need more and higher quality data to make further advance, and what makes AI very competent in coding and writing doesn’t generalize. Worse, in a few of them, AI enthusiasm may push research and investment in the wrong direction.

2026.08.31 15:06

In fact, in many areas where technooptimists argue that AI is going to revolutionize everything, the impact may be much less positive because current approaches are not helping us get to the bottom of mechanisms of human cognition, discovery, and innovation. In many of them, we need more and higher quality data to make further advance, and what makes AI very competent in coding and writing doesn’t generalize. Worse, in a few of them, AI enthusiasm may push research and investment in the wrong direction.

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