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Nobel laureate Robert Shiller warned “We have to stop freaking out about A.I.” in…

Brief

Robert Shiller, a Nobel laureate, urges people to stop panicking about artificial intelligence, a message amplified in a retweet by Yann LeCun. The linked New York Times opinion ("A.I. Doomaxxing Is Bad for Our Economy") contends that fear-driven consumer responses to AI—rather than AI itself—pose the larger short-term economic threat.

Why it matters

Nobel laureate Robert Shiller warned “We have to stop freaking out about A.I.” in a widely shared remark retweeted by Yann LeCun (originally from @sapinker).

Key details

  • The linked New York Times opinion, titled “A.I. Doomaxxing Is Bad for Our Economy,” argues consumer fear-driven reactions ("doomaxxing") are more economically harmful than AI’s direct technological effects.
Source evidence

RT @sapinker: "We Have to Stop Freaking Out About A.I." warns Nobel laureate Robert Shiller. Depressions, formerly called panics, are cause…

Link

Opinion | A.I. Doomaxxing Is Bad for Our Economy (Gift Article)

The economic impact of A.I. is less concerning than consumers’ fear-based reactions to it.
nytimes.com