What is so-so automation?
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Nobel laureate and MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu explains why he's concerned that AI could be used for "so-so automation," which displaces workers from tasks they used to perform without achieving productivity improvements or cost savings. Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at MIT and Co-Director of the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative. Further reading: The lure of 'so-so technology,' and how to avoid it: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/lure-so-so-technology-and-how-to-avoid-it Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor (2019): http://shapingwork.mit.edu/research/automation-and-new-tasks-how-technology-displaces-and-reinstates-labor/
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