370 | Timothy B. Lee: Why Artificial Intelligence Won't Cause Mass Unemployment

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Timothy B. Lee, author of the Understanding AI Substack, joins The Realignment to discuss his argument against the idea that recent advances in artificial intelligence presage mass unemployment. Timothy and Marshall discuss how the 2010s demonstrated the limits of software's ability to "eat" the physical world, with AI following a similar path, just how hard it would be for robotics to replicate today's human-centric work, and what the AI revolution could actually look like.

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0:00.0	Marshall here welcome back to the realignment
0:08.1	Hey everyone welcome back to the show got a bunch of great episodes coming out this week and
0:13.0	Before we dive into this one a quick reminder that saw grandma next Q&A such AMA discussion episode for our
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0:28.4	Go to realignment.supercast.com
0:31.8	On to today's episode
0:33.6	Speaking with Timothy B. Lee author of the Understanding AI substack
0:38.4	There's obviously a lot of demand interest in the AI topic
0:41.7	But a lesson I took from the web 3 slash crypto and metaverse
0:46.8	Excitement over the past years is the need to balance earnest interest with let's just say inclination against leaning too far into the hype
0:56.2	Last month Timothy wrote the perfect piece that hit the balance between those two things
1:01.0	It's called why I'm not worried about AI causing mass unemployment software didn't need the world and AI won't either
1:08.1	This is linked in the show notes as you'll hear his piece and the conversation we have really builds on a previous realignment guest
1:16.6	Merck and reasons
1:18.0	Famous software is eating the world essay from 2011 also linked in the show notes
1:23.2	Timothy and I leave things excited about the future of AI but also recognizing how the 2010s demonstrate the limits of
1:30.3	Digital's ability to fundamentally change the physical world
1:34.4	T.L.D.R your job is probably safe for now
1:37.9	Huge thank you to the foundation for American Innovation for supporting the podcast's work. Hope you all enjoy this conversation
1:48.9	Timothy Lee welcome to the realignment
1:52.2	Hey, thanks for having me on
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