The Future of Technology

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A lot of people think it's going to get unimaginably better. Do you agree with that and if so, how's that going to happen? So I should start by saying I'm not a utopian. But what's happening right now is a very large percentage of the world's very smart engineers and entrepreneurs are now or if they weren't already doing this now They're doing this. This is kind of what Silicon Valley does.

Marc Andreessen thinks AI will make everything better--if only we get out of the way. He argues that in every aspect of human activity, our ability to understand, synthesize, and generate knowledge results in better outcomes. Listen as the entrepreneur and venture capitalist speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about AI's potential to improve the world and why those who fear that AI will destroy humanity are wildly over-reacting.