AI in the economy

The Reith Lectures

BBC

Society & Culture, Science, Government, Technology

4.2 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Professor Stuart Russell explores the future of work and one of the most concerning issues raised by Artificial Intelligence: the threat to jobs. How will the economy adapt as work is increasingly done by machines? Economists’ forecasts range from rosy scenarios of human-AI teamwork, to dystopian visions in which most people are excluded from the economy altogether. Was the economist Keynes correct when he said that we were born to “strive”? If much of the work in future will be carried out by machines, what does that mean for humans? What will we do?

Stuart Russell is Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Centre for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley.

The lecture and question-and-answer session was recorded at Edinburgh University. Presenter: Anita Anand Producer: Jim Frank Editor: Hugh Levinson Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown Sound: Neil Churchill and Hal Haines

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0:41.3	Hello, I'm Stuart Russell, and in my reflectures I'll be exploring
0:46.3	what I think will be the most profound change in human history.
0:50.3	The eventual emergence of general purpose artificial intelligence.
0:56.7	This, the third lecture in the series, addresses the topic of AI in the economy and asks what
1:04.1	we'll be doing when AI is doing most of what we currently call work.
1:09.4	Welcome to the third of this year's of what we currently call work.
1:16.6	Welcome to the third of this year's BBC Reith Lectures from the University of Edinburgh with Stuart Russell.
1:19.6	He's Professor of Computer Science
1:21.6	and founder of the Centre for Human-compatible Artificial Intelligence
1:25.6	at the University of California at Berkeley.
1:29.3	Now, in a series of four lectures,
1:31.3	Stewart has been examining what he says
1:34.3	is the most profound change in human history,
1:38.3	as the world becomes increasingly reliant on super-powerful AI.
1:43.3	Last time, Stewart discussed AI and warfare.
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