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It exposes the myth that \u201ctechnology-equals-progress\u201d for what it is: a fantasy in service to economic \u2013 and often political \u2013 elites.<\/p>\r\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/ai-impact-on-jobs-and-work\">wrote<\/a> last year:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\u201cToo many commentators see the path of technology as inevitable. But the historical record is clear: technologies develop according to the vision and choices of those in positions of power. As we document in<a href=\"https:\/\/shapingwork.mit.edu\/power-and-progress\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/shapingwork.mit.edu\/power-and-progress\/\"><em>Power and Progress: Our 1,000-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity<\/em><\/a>, when these choices are left entirely in the hands of a small elite, you should expect that group to receive most of the benefits, while everyone else bears the costs\u2014potentially for a long time. . . .[M]anagement needs to see and understand workers as a key resource whose productivity should be augmented, whose information should be improved, and whose training should be a priority.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>Their writing is a call for activists and trade unions to create countervailing forces to make technology work for the many. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe labour movement is deeply indebted to Professors Acemoglu and Johnson for their work relating to AI. By illustrating technologies\u2019 impacts on working people over a millennia, they stress that hardship caused by technology is often the reality for many workers but not inevitable. Their conclusion:\u00a0 we must act now to shape the use of AI to maximize a shared benefit which allows workers dignity and a decent life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>UNI will welcome Professor Acemoglu who will make remarks at its upcoming meeting on \u201cUnions and Generative AI.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNI congratulates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson who won the Nobel Prize in economics for their ground-breaking research into inequality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25760,"template":"","categories":[41],"global-issues":[35],"sectors":[],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-25759","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","global-issues-new-world-of-work"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UNI congratulates Daron Acemoglu and 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