Technology does not share its gains automatically because power decides who benefits
Hook
A new technology does not share its gains by itself. Who gets them depends on who has the power to decide how it is used.
Claim
Whether new technology helps most people depends on who has the power to set its use. AI in government is therefore first a question of who controls the data and the contract.
Story
Sources
- Why Nations Fail, Wikipedia (authors’ background and 2024 Nobel; nothing on this book itself)
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- Everything specific to this book is unsourced. The Wikipedia page returned 404 and no review was opened.
- The historical examples (windmills, wages) are recalled, not verified. Use no numbers.
- This note has no real story yet. Find a concrete case of a technology whose gains went one way, with a named person.
Counterargument
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Facebook (Croatian)
- Tehnologija sama od sebe ne dijeli dobit. Dijeli je onaj tko odlučuje. Zato je umjetna inteligencija prvo pitanje vlasti, a tek onda pitanje tehnike.
- Kod nas to znači: tko u gradu upravlja podacima i tko potpisuje ugovor?
LinkedIn (English)
- Acemoglu and Johnson’s thesis as I read it: technology’s gains go where power directs them. AI in government is therefore a question of who controls the data and the contract.
- The same tool can make a city more answerable or less. The difference is who decides.