Artificial Intelligence's Future, and 5 Other Stories You Should Read

But is that a problem for consumers, the economy, and labor? Traditional economic thought says yes, it's a huge problem, and that seems to be the argument The Atlantic's headline writer is grasping at here. Yet the actual contents of Derek Thompson's piece paint a more muddled picture. People generally love tech giants like Amazon, Apple, and Google, all of which still innovate plenty. Yet people hate borderline monopolistic firms in other industries, such as finance (see: Occupy Wall Street), retail (Walmart), and cable companies (Comcast, Time Warner).