Me, Myself & AI: AI Hype and Skepticism with Economist Paul Romer (Bonus Episode!)

The MIT CSAIL Alliances Podcast is collaborating with MIT Sloan’s
Me, Myself, and AI podcast to share a special bonus episode this
month. Paul Romer once considered himself the most optimistic
economist. He rightfully predicted that technology would blow up as
an economic driver coming out of the inflation of the 1970s, but
acknowledges he did not foresee the inequality that technology
advances would lead to. On this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI
podcast, Paul shares his views on AI advances and their
implications for society. Rather than pave the way for full
automation, he is a proponent of keeping humans in the loop and
believes that technology can be pointed in a direction for more
meaningful and beneficial use, citing education as an area ripe to
benefit from AI. More about CSAIL Alliances and our podcasts:
csail.mit.edu/podcast For more episodes from Me, Myself, and AI:
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio-series/me-myself-and-ai/