daron acemoglu, in massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk hardtalk. thank you, it s a deli . ht hardtalk. thank you, it s a delight to hardtalk. thank you, it s a delight to be hardtalk. thank you, it s a delight to be on hardtalk. thank you, it s a delight to be on the - hardtalk. thank you, it s a - delight to be on the programme. a great pleasure to have you here you have just written a book power and progress which goes through the impacts of some of the great technological shift in human history over the past millennium. would you say that artificial intelligence, the supremacy of the algorithm, represents one of those transformational moment for humankind? i’m transformational moment for humankind? transformational moment for humankind? ., , ., humankind? i m not sure that it does but there humankind? i m not sure that it does but there is humankind? i m not sure that it does but there is a humankind? i m not sure that it
effects of technology and where the future will take us you have to hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time. one is that we have tremendously benefited from industrial technologies, we are healthier, more comfortable, much more prosperous than people used to be 300 years ago and there is tremendous progress that could be beneficial but conflicting with that, there are also a lot of collateral damages, that have been created on the path of so called progress. and there are many dangerous directions with which these technologies are being pushed. in with which these technologies are being pushed. are being pushed. in that direction. are being pushed. in that direction, you are being pushed. in that direction, you advise - are being pushed. in that direction, you advise us i are being pushed. in thatl direction, you advise us to think carefully about history and you talk about, for example, the late 18th and 19th century industrial revolution is, in the united kin