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Have a Nice Future: Don't Worry, It Gets Worse

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The Impact of AI on the Future

Noah: Some people imagine it's just a guy who sits around making predictions about the future. But Noah calls himself an applied futurist, by which he means that he studies trends. He works within institutions like the government to help them take those trends into account in their decision-making and their policies. So how should they think about the impact of AI, for instance? I was having a conversation with a Ghanaian friend recently, and the potential for AI is absolutely huge.

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