Tyler Cowen: I don't think having more intelligence in the way that CHAT-QPT, say, five has than three, solves all problems. "Most of the problems of the human experience are not solvable," he says. The real problems of mankind tend to be foreign conquest, pandemics, war, environmental issues,.Cowen: You have to ask especially in a world with hostile powers, is American artificial intelligence likely to help with those?
Economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence. Cowen argues that the worriers--those who think that artificial intelligence will destroy mankind--need to make a more convincing case for their concerns. He also believes that the worriers are too willing to reduce freedom and empower the state in the name of reducing a risk that is far from certain. Along the way, Cowen and Roberts discuss how AI might change various parts of the economy and the job market.