About this episode

This episode features an audio commentary by Karl Smith discussing the implications of Alan Greenspan's lessons in the context of the AI race.

An audio version of "The Greenspan Lesson for the AI Race," a new commentary by CSIS’s Karl Smith. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Topics covered

• AI
• economics
• commentary
• technology
• policy

Keywords

• AI race
• Greenspan
• commentary
• CSIS
• technology policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Strategic and International Studies

Books & works: The Greenspan Lesson for the AI Race

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