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Multiple readings “We Must Act Now”: Sixteen Nobel Laureates Join Leading Economists and AI Researchers in Call to Prepare for AI’s Economic Transformation - Stanford Digital Economy Lab Concern & critique · 4 attributable reactions
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Nobel laureates AI economic action call

“We Must Act Now”: Sixteen Nobel Laureates Join Leading Economists and AI Researchers in Call to Prepare for AI’s Economic Transformation - Stanford Digital Economy Lab

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Yoshua Bengio, tante
“If current trajectories of AI development continue, it is highly plausible that AI will drastically transform our economies. We must make collective, democratic choices, rather than letting market forces play out and risking leaving most citizens behind. di…” evidence ↗
8 experts 4 communities 2 sources clustered
Yoshua Bengio Olivia Guest Tim Kellogg tante Gillian Hadfield Jeffrey Vagle Paul Hünermund Michiel Bontenbal
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Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“If current trajectories of AI development continue, it is highly plausible that AI will drastically transform our economies. We must make collective, democratic choices, rather than letting market forces play out and risking leaving most citizens behind. di…”

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Rules, institutions and accountability.

“200 AI researchers and economists sign an open letter to policymakers www.wemustactnow.ai”

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Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“I joined over 200 economists and AI researchers in signing "We Must Act Now" a statement on AI's transformation of the economy. AI could reshape the economy at unprecedented speed. The opportunities are enormous and so are the challenges. We need to start p…”

2 experts discussed this · 4 posts
tante: Oh, is it "AI is super powerful and we who are pushing for AI everywhere warn that we might have created a dangerous god from reddit posts" time of the month again? This is Anthropic/OpenAI PR and …
tante: nope that's it. These folks are getting lazier by the day
tante: Yeah. They spend just a handful of tokens on this website.
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Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago

The Huggingface Hack: strong model or weak harness?

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Michiel Bontenbal
“re: The Huggingface Hack. I have some thoughts on the recent OpenAI model that autonomously hacked Huggingface. I argue that we need better coding harnesses and should not simply blame the new model. michielbontenbal.github.io/2026/07/22/T...” evidence ↗
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Michiel Bontenbal

“re: The Huggingface Hack. I have some thoughts on the recent OpenAI model that autonomously hacked Huggingface. I argue that we need better coding harnesses and should not simply blame the new model. michielbontenbal.github.io/2026/07/22/T...”

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5 experts · 12 posts · 7d ago
Christian Wolf Pierre Alquier Martin Trapp David Picard Michiel Bontenbal
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“That's a good point but IMO that means we need to change education to better exploit the benefits of IA. Don't ask me details, I don't have them 😅 But better tools and possibilities CANNOT lead to …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Context & explanation · 2 Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Christian Wolf: In the book "The Diamond Age" (1995) by Neal Stephenson, a working class child jumps social classes with the help of a unique interactive book, a personal trainer which answer all her questions and…
Christian Wolf: That's a good point but IMO that means we need to change education to better exploit the benefits of IA. Don't ask me details, I don't have them 😅 But better tools and possibilities CANNOT lead to …
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