I don't think they can fix their two pieces of terrible software.

In 18 months, we all hate outdoors.

And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.

What is the impact of artificial intelligence going to be on the economy?

Is it going to lead to huge economic growth or to mass unemployment? Is it going to transform the world or turn out to be a hype that

doesn't change the world nearly as much as some people are predicting.

To help answer this question, or the set of questions, I have invited onto the podcast

a really interesting economist and politician.

Luis Garikano is a professor at the London School of Economics. He was

also previously a member of the European Parliament in which he was the vice president of the

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. We talked about why it is so we should believe that AI is making a lot of technological

progress and continue to make a lot of progress where people who checked out two years ago or

three years ago are probably not fully aware of the extent to which artificial intelligence

can now carry out a tremendous range of tasks that are key to the knowledge economy.

We also talked about the title of Lewis's upcoming book,

messy jobs, about why it is that the fact that AI can accomplish a lot of tasks

doesn't necessarily mean that it can do all of the jobs which traditionally

have carried out those tasks. We try to understand what the impact is if a new technology

makes products a lot cheaper and means that a lot fewer humans are necessary in that sector,

as was the case with agriculture in the past.

Who captures those benefits?

And what happens?

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