Eric Brynjolfsson

I think it's still part of the conversation. I don't know. Maybe in the press, there's things that go up and down in cycles to some extent. AI is becoming much more powerful. There continues to be rapid progress. And the good news is we can have tremendously higher productivity and wealth and have medical solutions addressing poverty in the environment. But it also raises a number of risks.

misinformation or people using it in a way that creates weird interpersonal dynamics, AI boyfriends and girlfriends, you know, maybe millions of those that people have as their primary relationship, pathogens and even catastrophic risks.

misinformation or people using it in a way that creates weird interpersonal dynamics, AI boyfriends and girlfriends, you know, maybe millions of those that people have as their primary relationship, pathogens and even catastrophic risks.

misinformation or people using it in a way that creates weird interpersonal dynamics, AI boyfriends and girlfriends, you know, maybe millions of those that people have as their primary relationship, pathogens and even catastrophic risks.

Well, the great thing is AI can help us discover new drugs as well as, you know, as medicines, new materials. There's just a study from a grad student at MIT describing how researchers using AI were able to discover 44% more materials than a randomly assigned group that didn't have access to the technology. So, big difference.

Well, the great thing is AI can help us discover new drugs as well as, you know, as medicines, new materials. There's just a study from a grad student at MIT describing how researchers using AI were able to discover 44% more materials than a randomly assigned group that didn't have access to the technology. So, big difference.

Well, the great thing is AI can help us discover new drugs as well as, you know, as medicines, new materials. There's just a study from a grad student at MIT describing how researchers using AI were able to discover 44% more materials than a randomly assigned group that didn't have access to the technology. So, big difference.

But some of those new materials could, you know, lots of them could do good things. You could also create dangerous ones, you can flip the bit on a drug that's meant to make you healthier, and it could make you much less healthy to the point of killing you.

But some of those new materials could, you know, lots of them could do good things. You could also create dangerous ones, you can flip the bit on a drug that's meant to make you healthier, and it could make you much less healthy to the point of killing you.

But some of those new materials could, you know, lots of them could do good things. You could also create dangerous ones, you can flip the bit on a drug that's meant to make you healthier, and it could make you much less healthy to the point of killing you.

I'd say I'm a mindful optimist. What I mean by that is that they're sort of blind optimists. I run into a lot of those in Silicon Valley who are just like, hey, don't worry, just chill. It always works out in the past. You know, it's going to be great. Just sit back and we're going to have a great time. And there's a lot of pessimists who basically say the opposite.

I'd say I'm a mindful optimist. What I mean by that is that they're sort of blind optimists. I run into a lot of those in Silicon Valley who are just like, hey, don't worry, just chill. It always works out in the past. You know, it's going to be great. Just sit back and we're going to have a great time. And there's a lot of pessimists who basically say the opposite.

I'd say I'm a mindful optimist. What I mean by that is that they're sort of blind optimists. I run into a lot of those in Silicon Valley who are just like, hey, don't worry, just chill. It always works out in the past. You know, it's going to be great. Just sit back and we're going to have a great time. And there's a lot of pessimists who basically say the opposite.

And they both make the same mistake, I think, which is they take the agency away from us. It's like this technology is going to do stuff to us. And, you know, whatever it is, is what it is. I think that we have a lot of choices. One of the reasons I came to Stanford, the Center for Human-Centered AI, is that I think we can help steer the technology in ways.

And they both make the same mistake, I think, which is they take the agency away from us. It's like this technology is going to do stuff to us. And, you know, whatever it is, is what it is. I think that we have a lot of choices. One of the reasons I came to Stanford, the Center for Human-Centered AI, is that I think we can help steer the technology in ways.

And they both make the same mistake, I think, which is they take the agency away from us. It's like this technology is going to do stuff to us. And, you know, whatever it is, is what it is. I think that we have a lot of choices. One of the reasons I came to Stanford, the Center for Human-Centered AI, is that I think we can help steer the technology in ways.

And if we do it right, we could have the best decade we've ever seen, but it's not inevitable.

And if we do it right, we could have the best decade we've ever seen, but it's not inevitable.

And if we do it right, we could have the best decade we've ever seen, but it's not inevitable.

That would make sense. That's what people, when I go to Iceland, that's how people know me. It's true.