Robert D. Atkinson

Founder & Senior FeIlow, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (@ITIFdc), top-ranked tech policy think tank. Proud Hamiltonian & Schumpeterian

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@amcafee @erikbryn Andrew holy shit I finally agree with you. Good job on not singing this Luddite screed

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@VaibhavSisinty Agree it’s important- because it will hurt the US. And @tylercowen what the hell happened man? You are no longer for progress?

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@trtworld Steering AI is a BS euphemism for slowing the rate of progress and growth.

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@LayoffAI Maybe Nobel committee needs higher standards

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@koltregaskes I don’t think they have studied labor markets. If they have they would no there is no correlation between productivity and unemployment rates.

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@stuartbuck1 Not just useless but harmful

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@synchroaphasia @erikbryn @testingham No it can and is being overstated and that if listened to will reduce growth of US living standards

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@KwekuOA @mlxdoing No it’s not. Happy to bet any ai Luddite on the pace of job loss. Anyone

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@erikbryn Let’s act now by having a debate. We need more AI job displacement not less, especially as the workforce ages. Want to debate me? Orang of your signers

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@Econ_4_Everyone Neo-ludditism. Happy to debate you or anyone who signed this anti progress manifesto

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@AdamThierer Adam this is just more neoluddite alarmism. When did America give into fear

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For all the talk in DC about taking the China tech threat seriously, remarkably little has been done. https://t.co/T78RaEUwjz

[Chuin Wei Yap @YapCW]

Rob's essay for @hinrichfdn is an edgy, provocative take that throws down the gauntlet - not at China - but to the West. Is the West better than China? Read the full essay here: https://t.co/aqrhjygBYb

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Nice. Pro growth

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Pick one

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@AlanTonelson @rhodium_group So the EU is asleep at the switch letting CCP backed companies buy EU ones. What could possibly go wrong

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Is the west better than China?

https://t.co/2sm0KNsW7f

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@AlanTonelson How much from China?

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@PhilWMagness I understand Econ and I despise neoclassical economics

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@KevinCastley So you endorse theft?