Ed Ludlow

There's a big sort of contrast there.

Could you reflect on both?

You know, what you see at the high end of the tech sector and what you do or do not see in agriculture feeling benefit from AI?

We're going to take a couple of quick questions from the audience, but while we find the mic.

Oh, we have some in advance.

I know that in the room, we're here at San Jose State University.

There are those that will soon be going into the workforce here.

One of them is student questions.

Tough one.

What advice do you have for new economists, especially those with a desire to enter public service?

We got in a little bit about how the Fed and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is or isn't using AI, but reflect on that.

Present Daily, quite a few of the other questions are the other side of the remit, which is regulation.

In your speech, you mentioned that financial services, the financial sector, early adopters in many ways.

And the question is, how do you balance regulation that ensures safety within the financial system, but also allows them to innovate, move faster?

Let me ask a final question, and we'll end on, I guess, a positive note.

Oh, good.

Which data sets and what you see in the real world, because you still go out into the real world, gives you most optimism about the impact that AI will have on the US economy, and specifically that of the 12th District?

With that, all that's left to do is to thank the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, San Jose State University, our hosts, and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary C. Daly.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.