Tyler Cowen
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10 recordings
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 20 Jul
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This year.
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Talking to Tyler Cowan.
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Here's a very difficult question.
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As you know, both you and I were fans of nuclear power, but we also know the insurance for nuclear power plants is provided by the government.
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The plants might be quite safe, but people worry.
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They're nervous Nellies.
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There's a lot of parties involved.
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So the federal government does the insurance.
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Do you worry that the future holds the same for AI companies where the feds are your insurer?
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And how do you plan for that?
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Again, even if AI is pretty safe, as with nuclear power, people are nervous, Nellies.
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This is fascinating because it's
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And there's a big difference between the government being the insurer of last resort and the insurer of first resort.
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Last resort's inevitable, but I'm worried they'll become the insurer of first resort, and that I don't want.
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What we're seeing is well, uh lithium, rare earths is the government is becoming an equity holder.
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Again, not of last resort, but it's of second or third resort.
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And I I don't mean this as a comment about the Trump administration.
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I think this is something we might be seeing in any case or see in the future after Trump is gone.
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But how do you plan for open AI, knowing that's now a thing on the table in the American economy?
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