What's Your Problem?
Finding Meaning (and Money) in the AI Age
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Betsey Stevenson is a labor economist at the University of Michigan, and she was an economic adviser to President Obama. Betsey’s problem is this: How can we create a world where the benefits of AI are broadly shared?
Betsey draws on history – including how the invention of household appliances created a crisis of meaning for American women – to understand how we should respond to the challenge of AI. And she suggests policies to help spread the wealth AI could bring.
In this episode, Betsey explains:
How Engels’ Pause serves as a warning for workers
How 20th century women adapted to automation
How AI has changed life for college students
The argument for taxing AI firms and distributing the proceeds to the public
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