The first recommendation in my #goodstuff category, which basically is a collection of stuff I stumbled upon and consider worth sharing, is this wonderful podcast episode. As a part of the HBS Future of Work Pioneers Podcast Stuart Russell, Professor at University of California Berkeley, talks about the role of AI for future jobs with the host Harpreet Singh:
Why is this #goodstuff?
This specific episode is a very good starting point to thinking about the future role of work in our society. And apart from that Stuart Russell is somebody I could listen to for hours, because of his very figurative and clear way of explaining things. As the Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Council on AI and Robotics, he is part of various initiatives and developments regarding the quesion how AI is going to impact employment. Within the episode he specifically talks about a workshop in which science fiction writers, futurists, and economists tried to develop different scenarios for what humans going to be able to do in the future when machines take over most of the work. You will hear about UBI, Keynes, and how important becoming skilled in ‘human sciences’ might become in the future. Apart from that they also talk about superhuman AI, the AI control problem and other really interesting stuff.
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