MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian"

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MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian" - Lemmy.world

I’m really worried about what will happen when a paradigm-changing technology is in the hands of a precious few. The last few times went alright. But will this time be different?
The last time was social media, and that hasn’t has benefited anyone except the shithead billionaires who got rich off of it. Social media is an astounding disaster.