About this episode
David and Kate discuss the economic and institutional forces shaping AI models and explore alternative paths for AI's future.
Continuing their discussion on the future of AI, David and Kate explore the economic and institutional forces shaping today’s dominant AI models. They discuss the roles of investment, monopoly power, research funding, and commercial incentives in driving ever-larger AI systems, and consider how these pressures influence both technological development and public narratives around AI. The conversation highlights why the current trajectory of AI is not inevitable and what alternative paths might look like.
People in this episode
Host: David
Guest: Kate
Topics covered
- AI development
- economic forces
- institutional influences
- investment
- monopoly power
- research funding
- commercial incentives
Keywords
- AI
- economic forces
- institutional influences
- investment
- monopoly power
- research funding
- commercial incentives
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Organizations: AI
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