Joshua Gans argues that assessing the power and pitfalls of AI requires putting it in the hands of people In a conversation with F&D’s Marjorie Henriquez, Joshua Gans, coauthor of Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence, assesses AI’s impact on the economy, debunks overhyped concerns about the new technology, and explains the challenge of identifying an ethics enforcer. He also discusses why AI should be made accessible through competitive means and traded widely. F&D: For years, economists have extensively studied the effects of automation, such as assembly line production, on jobs and the economy. How does this latest wave of AI differ from previous forms of automation?
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