August 7, 2023Zvi Mowshowitz on AI and the Dial of ProgressThe future of AI keeps Zvi Mowshowitz up at night. He also wonders why so many…Listen
July 10, 2023Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the WorldMarc Andreessen thinks AI will make everything better–if only we get out of the way.…Listen
June 26, 2023Jacob Howland on the Hidden Human Costs of AIIn the early 1900s, the philosopher Henry Adams expressed concern about the rapid rate of…Listen
May 15, 2023Tyler Cowen on the Risks and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceEconomist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk’s Russ Roberts about the benefits…Listen
April 3, 2023Erik Hoel on the Threat to Humanity from AIThey operate according to rules we can never fully understand. They can be unreliable, uncontrollable,…Listen
March 27, 2023Kevin Kelly on Advice, AI, and TechnologyPhotographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk’s Russ…Listen
January 9, 2023Ian Leslie on Being Human in the Age of AIWhen OpenAI launched its conversational chatbot this past November, author Ian Leslie was struck by…Listen
September 5, 2022Will MacAskill on Longtermism and What We Owe the FuturePhilosopher William MacAskill of the University of Oxford and a founder of the effective altruism…Listen
August 1, 2022Gerd Gigerenzer on How to Stay Smart in a Smart WorldIBM’s super-computer Watson was a runaway success on Jeopardy! But it wasn’t nearly as good at diagnosing cancer. This…Listen
June 13, 2022Sridhar Ramaswamy on Google, Search, and NeevaFormer Google ads boss Sridhar Ramaswamy says that we live in a world that seems…Listen