Is It a Fraud or a Competence?

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I don't think I don't think we know at this point. As you said before we started recording could be fraud it could be a competence. Some of that could be that he's just addicted to that. Or in some sense he's preparing to plead insanity like, you know, who would be crazy enough to give a media tour if people are suspecting you are fraud? It's really the same thing.

Economist and author Arnold Kling talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the recent drama in the tech world--Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the collapse of FTX, and the appearance of ChatGPT. Underlying topics discussed include the potential for price discrimination to make social media profitable, whether you could tell Jeff Bezos from Sam Bankman-Fried early on, and the role of human beings in the world of artificial intelligence.