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Dear LinkedIn community,
As the holiday season approaches, we invite you to take a moment to reflect on one of the most thought-provoking topics of the year: Artificial Intelligence.
We selected three fitting pieces of content which promise hope. Or as our upcoming keynote speaker The Nobel Prize laureate Daron Acemo?lu put it in his recent Nobel banquet speech: "We can build better institutions and choose a direction for technology that creates more good jobs."
The UBS Center for Economics in Society wishes you joyful holidays and a wonderful start to the new year. Thank you for being part of our continued journey in advancing knowledge and dialogue!
Sincere regards,
Ernst Fehr, Director & Hans-Joachim Voth, Scientific Director
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– David Yanagizawa-Drott is Professor of Development and Emerging Markets at the UZH Department of Economics and Affiliated Professor at the UBS Center for Economics in Society .
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Power and progress
Daron Acemo?lu’s lecture delves into some of the most critical questions we face today: How will technological advancements, particularly in AI and automation, shape the future of our society? Will these innovations drive widespread prosperity, or will they deepen inequality and entrench power among a select few?
Acemo?lu of 美国麻省理工学院 offers a unique perspective on these pressing issues. He argues that while technology holds immense transformative potential, its outcomes are not predetermined. The key question is: who will control this progress, and under what conditions will it unfold?
University of Zurich UBS UZH Department of Economics UZH Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics