Tyler Cowan: We all need to rethink what it is we're doing, reevaluate our professional lives. It will disrupt many of us, often in good ways, sometimes in bad ways. I would just hear you know, urge against complacency. Give it a rethink. Look for things you can do now to make this a better future. Rather than a worse one.
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.