Amy Webb on Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, and the Big Nine

EconTalk

• Episode: Amy Webb on Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, and the Big Nine
• Website: EconTalk
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• Duration: 01:24:46
• Published: 2019-03-11 07:30

Futurist and author Amy Webb talks about her book, The Big Nine, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Webb observes that artificial intelligence is currently evolving in a handful of companies in the United States and China. She worries that innovation in the United States may lead to social changes that we may not ultimately like; in China, innovation may end up serving the geopolitical goals of the Chinese government with some uncomfortable foreign policy implications. Webb's book is a reminder that artificial intelligence does not evolve in a vacuum--research and progress takes place in an institutional context. This is a wide-ranging conversation about the implications and possible futures of a world where artificial intelligence is increasingly part of our lives.