Optimism, AI (and the end of homework!) - with Tyler Cowen
b"Today\\u2019s guest is surprisingly upbeat about the world. A big factor in his optimism is the revolution in artificial intelligence that we\\u2019re about to live through.\\n\\n\\nTyler Cowen is an economics professor at George Mason University and he\\u2019s the faculty director of the Mercatus Center. He is the coauthor \\u2013 with Alex Tabarock \\u2013 of the economics blog Marginal Revolution (the #1 economics blog in the world) and the co-founder of Marginal Revolution University. He is the host of the top-rated podcast \\u201cConversations with Tyler\\u201d. \\n\\n\\nCowen\\u2019s latest book is Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World. Before that he penned The Great Stagnation, and also The Complacent Class. About a decade ago he wrote Average is Over, which was somewhat prescient about this period we are heading into with AI. He also published a book called Big Business: A love letter to an American anti-hero.\\n\\nTyler writes a column for Bloomberg View; he has contributed to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. His academic research has been published in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy.\\n\\nItems discussed in this episode:\\n\\nMarginal Revolution University -- mru.org\\n\\nMarginal Revolution blog -- marginalrevolution.com\\n\\nTyler Cowen's books -- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/talent-tyler-cowen/1138462103"