Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-08-31
Books mentioned on 555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?
Guest host Adam Davidson looks at what might happen to your job in a world of human-level artificial intelligence, and asks when it might be time to worry that the machines have become too powerful. (Part 2 of "How to Think About A.
Adam Davidson discussed Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and others and An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Power and Progress
Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson is a critically acclaimed economics book examining how technological innovations shape societal prosperity and the distribution of gains.
Discussed“Johnson co-wrote a book power and progress our thousand year struggle of over technology and prosperity with another MIT Economist Daron assamoglu”
Where to get it
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is widely recognized as the foundational text of modern economics, establishing core principles of free-market capitalism, division of labor, and economic progress.
Discussed“it's right there in the title of the founding text of the field Adam Smith's book an inquiry into the nature and causes of The Wealth of Nations”
Where to get it
