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#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology

#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology

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Erik Brynjolfsson is an economist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Vincero: https://vincerowatches.com/lex to get up to 25% off + free shipping - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:23) – Exponential growth

(12:51) – Elon Musk exponential thinking

(15:08) – Moore’s law is a series of revolutions

(20:31) – GPT-3

(22:09) – Autonomous vehicles

(29:11) – Electricity

(33:40) – Productivity

(38:47) – Why is Twitter and Facebook free?

(49:03) – Dismantling the nature of truth

(52:24) – Nutpicking and Cancel Culture

(58:39) – How will AI change our world

(1:04:40) – Existential threats

(1:06:33) – AI and the nature of work

(1:12:39) – Thoughts on Andrew Yang and UBI

(1:18:30) – Economics of innovation

(1:24:37) – Effect of COVID on the economy

(1:33:50) – MIT and Stanford

(1:38:23) – Book recommendations

(1:41:28) – Meaning of life