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Daron Acemoglu, Economist: Liberal democracy is in crisis

Daron Acemoglu, Economist: Liberal democracy is in crisis

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Economist Daron Acemoglu on liberal democracy in crisis and how AI could make it worse

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BBC Newsnight presenter Paddy O’Connell speaks to Nobel
Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu about why he thinks
liberal democracy is in crisis, and how artificial intelligence
could make it worse.

Daron argues that liberal democracy worked because people were
given a say in how they were governed and then benefited from
their country’s economy as it prospered.

But western governments have made major decisions on issues like
immigration without first building public agreement, something
which was once important.

In an interview with BBC Newsnight, he says that together, these
changes have left many working people feeling that politicians no
longer listen to them and have helped to fuel a rise in populism.

Now Daron warns that the way artificial intelligence is developed
and used, so far without consensus, could make it worse, by
widening inequality and putting people out of work.

“AI is going to transform every aspect of our lives, and we're
not being asked. We have no say in how AI is going to shape our
society. I mean people in the UK, people in the US. Even worse
for 6 billion people who are outside of the US, UK, China. Their
lives are going to be completely reshaped by AI and they have
zero say whatsoever,” he says. The Interview brings you
conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the
world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, South African minister Gayton
McKenzie and New York Times White House correspondent Maggie
Haberman.

You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a
podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get
your podcasts. Presenter: Paddy O’Connell Producer: Osman Iqbal
Editor: Damon Rose

(Image: Daron Acemoglu. Credit: Europa Press News via Getty
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