Ezra Klein

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1,272 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Hard Fork · The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy? · 27 Mar 2026 podcast

I think I would have bet, given how much discussion there's been of AI over the past couple of years and how strong some of these systems have gotten, that I would have seen more proposals for that by now. voice-verified

And I've talked to people about it and wondered about it. voice-verified

But I guess I'm curious on how you think about this. voice-verified

What would it look like to have at least parallel systems? voice-verified

to all the private incentives for AI development. voice-verified

An actual agenda for not what we are scared AI will do to the public. voice-verified

We need an agenda for that too. voice-verified

But what we want it to do, such that companies like yours have reasons to invest in that direction. voice-verified

So let's imagine that you did do something like this. voice-verified

I've always been a big fan of prizes for public development. voice-verified

So let's say that there was legislation passed and the Department of Health and Human Services or the NIH or someone came out and said, here's 15... voice-verified

problems we would like to see solved that we think AI could be potent at solving, right? voice-verified

If there was real money there, if there was 10, 15 billion behind a bunch of these problems because they were worth that much to society, would it materially change the sort of development priorities at places like Anthropic? voice-verified

I mean, if the money was there, would it alter the sort of R&D you all are doing? voice-verified

What would excite you if it was announced? voice-verified

What do you think would be good candidates for that kind of project? voice-verified

It's interesting because what you're describing there is less AI as a... voice-verified

country of geniuses in the data center and more AI as standard plumbing of communications and documentation. voice-verified

I mean, that last set of ideas was more what I was thinking of. voice-verified

And I think that if you're going to have a healthy politics around AI... voice-verified

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