“To put its advantages on a much broader basis, AI needs to be regulated more strongly. The big tech companies need to be broken up. Probably subsidies are also needed for various applications of AI that are more of social benefit, help workers more and improve the transfer of expert knowledge to specific professions more targeted. This is quite feasible.”
– MIT star economist Daron Acemoglue on the question of who reaps the fruits of new technologies like AI, in “Why the tech industry is on the wrong track”, Handelsblatt from 6., 7., 8. September 2024, page 28, No. 173