AI Is Being Built to Replace You—Not Help You

About this episode

Stephanie Flanders discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work with economist Daron Acemoglu.

Stephanie Flanders sits down with Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu to unpack one of the most urgent questions facing the global economy: how is artificial intelligence changing the future of work, and what are the potentially dire consequences for society and democracy? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Flanders

Guest: Daron Acemoglu

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• future of work
• economy
• society
• democracy
• Daron Acemoglu

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• future of work
• Daron Acemoglu
• economy
• society
• democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg

Books & works: AI Is Being Built to Replace You—Not Help You

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