In 2017, there was a sudden recognition of several adverse societal consequences of information technology, from job losses due to automation to manipulation of public opinion, with significant political consequences. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that while automation is eliminating many jobs in the economy that were once done by people, there is no sign… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
Getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences is the ultimate peer recognition. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
We cannot blindly pursue the goal of machine intelligence without pondering its consequences. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
We cannot shirk responsibility from concerns for the welfare of the next generation. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
What people are now realizing is that this formula that technology destroys jobs and creates jobs, even if it's basically true, it's too simplistic. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
In economics, it is easier to agree on the data than to agree on causality. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
I believe that society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: If machines are capable of doing almost any work humans… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
You can now eat bananas from Chile; you couldn't do it before you had air shipping. Now, communication technology enables the shipping of labor. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
The question I want to put forward is, 'Does the technology we are developing ultimately benefit mankind?' — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
It is easy to underestimate in advance the impact of globalization and automation - I have done it myself. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
People at the very top of the income scale also benefited from globalization and automation. But the income of working- and middle-class people in… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
