Why trying to “shape” AI innovation to protect workers is a bad idea

I’ve been to a number of meetings and panels recently where intellectuals from academia, industry, media, and think tanks gather to discuss technology policy and the economics of AI. Chatham House Rules prevent me from saying who said what (and even without those rules, I don’t like to name names), but one perspective I’ve encountered increasingly often is the idea that we should try to “shape” or “steer” the direction of AI innovation in order to make sure it augments workers instead of replacing them. And the economist Daron Acemoglu has been going around advocating very similar things recently:

 
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