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Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82

Callum Williams is a senior economics writer for The Economist. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge, and is the author of The Classical School: The Birth of Economics in 20 Enlightened Lives. 00:00 Introduction 02:07 US-Russia Relations 03:18 Trump and US Foreign Policy 05:30 Sanctions and Their Impact on Russia 09:28 Economic Resilience and Sanctions Evasion 14:14 Historical Context and Predictions 29:37 US Wealth Inequality 40:37 Debating Wealth Inequality and Welfare States 42:35 Homelessness and Government Intervention 45:18 Employment Rates and Economic Behavior 50:12 San Francisco's Homelessness Crisis 53:46 US vs. Europe: Economic Divergence 01:06:06 Cultural Differences in Economic Growth 01:10:48 AI and Job Market Transformation 01:13:50 Challenges in AI Adoption 01:15:16 Consumer vs. Business Tech Adoption 01:15:56 Slow AI Integration in Businesses 01:17:34 AI in Customer Service 01:23:48 Resistance to AI 01:26:36 AI and Productivity 01:37:35 Debates on Technological Progress Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure. – Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.