The Importance of Storytelling

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I want to start with the point you made about modeling. I'm delighted people produced them because we all got to see that. That's part of the point of modeling, not that models explain everything. The good defense is let's see how this is going to go. Well, let me put on my channel, my inner Elia's or you'd cows key - which may not be easy for me, but I'll do my best.

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.