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Preparing for an AI Economy (with Daniel Susskind)

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Episode Preparing for an AI Economy (with Daniel Susskind)

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On this episode, Daniel Susskind joins me to discuss disagreements between AI researchers and economists, how we can best measure AI’s economic impact, how human values can influence economic outcomes, what meaningful work will remain for humans in the future, the role of commercial incentives in AI development, and the future of education.

You can learn more about Daniel's work here: https://www.danielsusskind.com

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Preview and intro

00:03:19 AI researchers versus economists

00:10:39 Measuring AI's economic effects

00:16:19 Can AI be steered in positive directions?

00:22:10 Human values and economic outcomes

00:28:21 What will remain for people to do?

00:44:58 Commercial incentives in AI

00:50:38 Will education move towards general skills?

00:58:46 Lessons for parents

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