I am more optimistic now than before, because I've been reading more history and a lot of my optimism comes from history. So in general just to answer yes I am more optimistic than ever. And I think I stand behind most of the sentiments in the inevitable. We have a incredible choice about the character of this these ais and who owns them and how they're regulated and stuff but the inevitable is that they're going to be coming that they's going to be there.
Photographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. His advice includes how to have a deep conversation, why it's better to control time than money--and whether, in the end, we should give advice in the first place. Other topics of discussion include the right object of our aspirations, the reason for optimism when it comes to technology, and why Kelly is not worried about AI.