The latest EconTalk features Robin Hanson on the singularity and AI. The latter part of the discussion focuses on strong AI, achieved through whole brain emulation, and the subsequent plummeting in the value of labor. In this scenario, the wage is equal to the cost of renting a machine to do the same task, i.e. [...]

Tags: artificial intelligence, behavioral economics, Hanson, singularity, strong AI, whole brain emulation
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