The Future of Artificial Intelligence

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I think there's a theological aspect to this akin to religion for how people, we can think about this in our lives. I found it very interesting to speak with clergy priests rabbis and also national security people about AGI existential risk. They're both groups of people that have a lot of practice thinking about existential risk. There are these very serious risks, but there's also a millenary in human thought that tends to rise and volatile times. We have to think about how to deal with those millenary and tendencies.

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.