What is artificial intelligence? Would we know it if we could see it? Professor and author Hod Lipson offers startling insight into the impact A.I. is already having on our lives and where it’s likely to lead us in the not-distant future. Should our worst fears about A.I. overshadow its potential upside? Humans of all stripes — and investors, in particular — will want to listen and find out.

Hod Lipson is a professor of mechanical engineering and data science at Columbia University and co-author of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing and Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead.

Matt Miller is a political economist and corporate affairs advisor at Capital Group and regular host of the Capital Ideas podcast. An author and former Washington Post columnist, Miller was co-host of the public radio program Left, Right & Center.

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