Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology | Lex Fridman Podcast #141
3,855Erik Brynjolfsson is an economist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:56 - Exponential growth
7:24 - Elon Musk exponential thinking
9:41 - Moore's law is a series of revolutions
15:03 - GPT-3
16:42 - Autonomous vehicles
23:43 - Electricity
28:12 - Productivity
33:19 - Why is Twitter and Facebook free?
43:36 - Dismantling the nature of truth
46:56 - Nutpicking and Cancel Culture
53:11 - How will AI change our world
59:12 - Existential threats
1:01:05 - AI and the nature of work
1:07:11 - Thoughts on Andrew Yang and UBI
1:13:03 - Economics of innovation
1:19:09 - Effect of COVID on the economy
1:28:22 - MIT and Stanford
1:32:56 - Book recommendations
1:36:01 - Meaning of life
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