Timely post as I am slogging through Power and Progress by Acemoglu and Johnson right now. They are arguing for a technocratic statist approach to AI and technology more broadly. Was hoping it would challenge my thinking a bit, but so far it is extremely underwhelming.
Timely post as I am slogging through Power and Progress by Acemoglu and Johnson right now. They are arguing for a technocratic statist approach to AI and technology more broadly. Was hoping it would challenge my thinking a bit, but so far it is extremely underwhelming.
Good luck with that! I've been disappointed in how technocratic the AJR approach to current policies has been. Their Atlantic slave trade work, and the AR Why Nations Failed, were not so technocratic, but since they they have certainly leaned in to the idea that expert decision making can replace messy decentralized processes and yield better outcomes. I remain unpersuaded.
Timely post as I am slogging through Power and Progress by Acemoglu and Johnson right now. They are arguing for a technocratic statist approach to AI and technology more broadly. Was hoping it would challenge my thinking a bit, but so far it is extremely underwhelming.
Good luck with that! I've been disappointed in how technocratic the AJR approach to current policies has been. Their Atlantic slave trade work, and the AR Why Nations Failed, were not so technocratic, but since they they have certainly leaned in to the idea that expert decision making can replace messy decentralized processes and yield better outcomes. I remain unpersuaded.