Alex Imas and Phil Trammell – What remains scarce after AGI?

About this episode

The episode discusses the economic implications of AGI with Alex Imas and Phil Trammell, focusing on taxation, redistribution, and inequality.

Economics of AGI episode w Alex Imas and Phil Trammell . There’s a bunch of important questions about how we deal with AI that only economics can answer. What is the optimal way to tax and redistribute the wealth that will be generated? How should countries not in the AI supply chain index into the gains? Is there any world where inequality doesn’t explode? It might seem like these questions have obvious answers, but the first thing economics teaches you is that your intuitions can often be entirely wrong. It was very helpful to chat through these things with Alex and Phil. Watch on YouTube ; read the transcript . Sponsors Jane Street invests heavily in turning smart people into exceptional researchers and engineers. In addition to their apprenticeship model, Jane Street runs lectures and bootcamps in their in-office classrooms -- managers clear their teams’ schedules to encourage attendance. If you’d like to work at a place that takes learning this seriously, Jane Street is hiring. Check out their open roles at janestreet.com/dwarkesh Google’s Gemini Omni has incredible video editing capabilities -- you can upload a video and have Omni change the background, adjust lighting, or…

People in this episode

Host: Dwarkesh Patel

Guests: Alex Imas, Phil Trammell

Topics covered

• AGI
• economics
• inequality
• taxation
• redistribution
• AI supply chain

Keywords

• AGI
• economics
• inequality
• taxation
• redistribution
• AI

Sponsors

Jane Street

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Organizations: Google, Cursor

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