About this episode

Economist Benjamin Shiller discusses the impact of AI on jobs and the value of human creativity.

AI can write essays, generate code, and assist with research, but does that mean it will replace human workers? Economist Benjamin Shiller, author of AI Economics, joins show host Gene to discuss how AI may instead make human creativity and ideas even more valuable. In this conversation with Gene Tunny, they explore AI’s potential impact on jobs, productivity growth, education, and inequality, as well as the risks the technology could pose.

Topics covered

• AI
• jobs
• economics
• creativity
• productivity
• education
• inequality

Keywords

• AI Economics
• human workers
• technology risks

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