307. The world’s most influential economist: how we can deliver "worker-friendly AI"
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of AI on workers and features an interview with economist Daron Acemoglu.
How damaging to us is the obsession of Anthropic, Google and Open AI with creating AI super intelligence? How can political leaders set a new path for AI, that would enrich workers rather than replace them? And is the falling birth rate actually good for us? In the second part of Robert’s interview with Nobel prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu, about his influential new book, “what happened to liberal democracy”, we learn whether AI can be tamed to prevent most of the rewards going to trillionaires. The Rest is Money is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain’s smart energy pioneer. This episode is brought to you by Accenture. https://Accenture.com/Spotify-UK Buy tickets for The Rest is Fest: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the-rest-is-money-live/ Email: therestismoney@goalhanger.com X: @TheRestIsMoney…
People in this episode
Guest: Daron Acemoglu
Topics covered
- AI
- economics
- worker rights
- politics
- birth rate
- superintelligence
Keywords
- AI superintelligence
- worker-friendly AI
- Daron Acemoglu
- liberal democracy
- birth rate
Sponsors
Octopus Energy, Accenture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anthropic, Google, Open AI
Books & works: what happened to liberal democracy
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