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The development economics of AI: Lessons & questions
What we learned from our series on AI.
Mar 24
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Oliver Hanney
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Deena Mousa
2
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AI policy, data, sovereignty, and what tech ministers actually need to do
Umar Saif on why data and politics, not technology, are the real bottlenecks to AI in developing countries, and why the rush towards sovereign AI…
Mar 17
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Oliver Hanney
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Raghuram Rajan on India's growth prospects in the age of AI
Raghuram Rajan discusses how India's economy grew through services exports, why that model may be more resilient to AI than critics assume, and what…
Mar 10
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Oliver Hanney
7
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How does technology diffuse?
Josh Lerner joins us to discuss why is there a gap between innovation and impact, and the role of venture capital, universities and China in diffusion.
Mar 3
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Oliver Hanney
and
Deena Mousa
4
4
Three ways India is using AI for development
Organisations in India are already using AI for development across its courts, classrooms and farms.
Feb 24
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Oliver Hanney
2
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The economics of AI as a tool vs AGI as a worker
Anton Korinek joins us to discuss thinking like an economist about AI today, and whether we need a new economic paradigm for AGI.
Feb 17
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Oliver Hanney
and
Deena Mousa
7
4
Can AI take off in Africa?
Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.
Feb 10
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Oliver Hanney
and
Deena Mousa
9
1
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Is the industrial revolution a good comparison for AI?
How did British society, and the economy, change in real time during the industrial revolution? Should we expect the same during the intelligence…
Feb 5
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Oliver Hanney
and
Deena Mousa
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Economists vs Technologists on AI
Why do economists sound so different to technologists when discussing the impacts of AI?
Feb 3
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Oliver Hanney
and
Deena Mousa
7
1
3
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