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What sort of extinction-level catastrophes should we be concerned about? What can we do to meet these challenges? And what are the odds we survive this century? Toby Ord joined Political Economy to discuss these ....
GPT-3 is an AI tool — machine learning, specifically — trained on an extremely large data set that can generate some pretty amazing text when prompted, everything from creative fiction to computer code. It’s also ....
Why has productivity slowed in the past half-century? How can we kick-start innovation in the economy? Could we be on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution powered by artificial intelligence? Nicholas Crafts joins Political ....
It is one thing to argue that technological progress has diminished or slowed, quite another to argue that such stagnation is permanent. Recently, I ran across a 2005 analysis by physicist Jonathan Huebner, then working ....
Just before Independence Day, the Congressional Budget Office released its updated 10-year economic forecast. Basically, it shows a 5 percent bump in real GDP next year before settling into 2 percent growth mode for the ....
As technology progresses, we find that our advancements offer may protections against some existential risks while creating new ones. So what are the odds that we are living in the last century of human history? ....
How can we use science fiction stories to paint a realistic picture of the future? What sorts of jobs will we see? And how can humans complement artificial intelligence and other technologies? Mike Masnick joined ....