Opinions from researchers

Milton Friedman, American economist

disagrees Tariffs

The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are "protected". The harm which a tariff does is invisible. It's spread widely. There are people that don't have jobs because of tariffs but they don't know it.

Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer

disagrees AI and robots might cause mass unemployment

Historically, technology has created more jobs than it destroys and there is no reason to think otherwise in this case. Someone has to make and service all these advanced devices.

Francesca Rossi, Computer Scientist, Professor at the University of Padova

agrees AI will pose a serious risk to society within the next 50 years

AI is already more “intelligent” than humans in narrow domains, some of which involve delicate decision making. Humanity is not threatened by them, but many people could be affected by their decisions. [...] Consider automated trading systems. A bad decision in these systems may be (and has been) a financial disaster for many people. That will also be the case for self-driving cars. Some of their ... See More

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