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Where big questions meet bold ideas Agents of Tech is a video podcast exploring the biggest questions of our time—featuring bold thinkers and transformative ideas driving change. Perfect for the curious, the thoughtful and anyone invested in what’s next for our planet.
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MIT Professor: How to AI proof the job market (opens the original)
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Will AI take your job? An MIT labor economist says that is the wrong worry. The real shift has already been in play: firms facing AI uncertainty stop hiring employees and start hiring disposable workers.Paul Osterman is Professor Emeritus at MIT Sloan and author of Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment. His survey of more than 6,000 US workers found that 35 percent are marginal employees, contractors, freelancers or gig workers. In this conversation he explains why US employment k
Are Governments Ready for the Age of AI? (opens the original)
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AI has the potential to change everything, from work, education, healthcare, and even democracy itself. But with that promise comes pressure on those in positions of power to get it right. So if you were advising the next president or prime minister, what part of the AI strategy playbook would you tear up first? Are governments even remotely ready for the age of AI? Are we prioritizing prosperity for all with the implementation of AI technologies across almost all areas of modern life? This week
Are We Investing Too Much Money on AI? Oxford Economist Weighs In (opens the original)
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Trillions of dollars are being poured into the AI promise of a global economic transformation. We're being sold a productivity revolution, faster output, greater growth, and unprecedented prosperity. But when? Real, tangible gains are barely showing up in the data. So is the return on investment actually going to be smaller and slower than promised? And could these billion-dollar bets bankrupt the companies making them and take the global economy down with it? This week, hosts Stephen Horn and L
The Man Who Ran America's $9B Science Agency: "AI Isn't a Private-Sector Miracle" (opens the original)
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If public money helped build the foundations of AI, but now private companies control much of its future, who should be reaping the benefits? Is there a role for the government? Who should be in charge of shaping what comes next? In this episode of Agents of Tech, our hosts Autria Godfrey, Stephen Horn, and Laila Rizvi are talking AI, publicly funded science, and the future of innovation with former National Science Foundation Director, Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, aka Panch, the Professor of Te
Is the AI Backlash Overhyped or Justified? (opens the original)
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AI was supposed to make us better: faster searches, more productivity, wider knowledge, but it hasn't, and public sentiment is starting to shift. People are inundated with fake images and voices, AI-generated slop, unreliable answers, phony influencers, and a growing wave of content that looks real, but it may not be. At the same time, young people just entering the job market are asking whether AI will not only just take their jobs, but alter their ability to have a career altogether. Is the co
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