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Published · transcript-backedDaron Acemoglu: belief
12 Aug 2026 Conversations with Tyler Daron Acemoglu on Liberalism, Automation, and the Educated Elite
“I think so long as public health issues aren’t tackled, the way that that impacts the average American or bottom 30 percent Americans is still going to be an issue.”
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- Daron Acemoglu
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- belief
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- 12 Aug 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…It’s computational nonetheless, right? It’s computational. That’s right. I’m very optimistic about AI if AI goes in the right way. That’s why I’m always emphasizing AGI through large language models is the target for me, because that’s just sucking all of our energy and all of our resources. That’s a different discussion. I think so long as public health issues aren’t tackled, the way that that impacts the average American or bottom 30 percent Americans is still going to be an issue. Oh, I agree, yes. The educated person can live to 100.…
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