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What Can Economics Teach Us About Conversational AI?

by Josh Tyson
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Invisible Machines welcomes Daron Acemoglu—Institute Professor of Economics at MIT and co-author Power and Progress—for a fruitful conversation about the ways hyper automation will affect systems and individuals at every level of society. Daron’s work has explored our thousand-year struggle with technology and prosperity and he joins Robb and Josh to uncover the ways we can incentivize the changes that will improve our relationship to productivity.

The trio also explores the layers of centralization that we need to think about in the wake of generative AI, how we can challenge the norms associated with our personal data, and why we can’t let Wikipedia falter. Don’t miss this provocative episode with Daron Acemoglu.

Listen to the episode here.

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Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

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