Artificial Intelligence

The revolution need not be automated

Robots operated by Alibaba's logistics unit Cainiao, move parcels at a new automated guided vehicles (AGV) warehouse inside the hub of delivery company YTO Express, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 14, 2018. Picture taken September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1BFA09B070

Automation doesn't have to mean job losses and inequality. Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Daron Acemoglu
Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pascual Restrepo
Postdoctoral fellow, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
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