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Power and Progress: Does technology lead to progress or inequality with Daron Acemoglu

The Rhys Show

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The Importance of Machine Utilities

We should abandon the talk of machine intelligence, and instead we should talk about machine usefulness. We don't want machines to be intelligent. That is the frame. But if you look at the industry, at least as an outsider, I see the real driving forces, oh, can I really show some impressive capabilities that sounds like humans or looks like humans?

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