Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth

It was a great pleasure speaking with Tyler Cowen for the 3rd time. We discussed how Hayek, Keynes, Smith, and other great economists help us make sense of AI, growth, risk, human nature, anarchy, central planning, and much more. The topics covered in this episode are too many to summarize. Hope you enjoy! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/tyler-cowen-3 * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyler-cowen-hayek-keynes-smith-on-ai-animal-spirits/id1516093381?i=1000643676389 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cpOpwBCzIEsjcSxu7IeQQ?si=8CjC-T0GQayMvYWXtSkqXA * Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - John Maynard Keynes 00:17:16 - Controversy 00:25:02 - Friedrich von Hayek 00:47:41 - John Stuart Mill 00:52:41 - Adam Smith 00:58:31 - Coase, Schelling, & George 01:08:07 - Anarchy 01:13:16 - Cheap WMDs 01:23:18 - Technocracy & political philosophy 01:34:16 - AI & Scaling

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Jan 31, 20241h 42mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: January 31, 2024
Duration: 1h 42m
Channel: Dwarkesh Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

It was a great pleasure speaking with Tyler Cowen for the 3rd time. We discussed how Hayek, Keynes, Smith, and other great economists help us make sense of AI, growth, risk, human nature, anarchy, central planning, and much more. The topics covered in this episode are too many to summarize. Hope you enjoy! 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒
Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/tyler-cowen-3
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyler-cowen-hayek-keynes-smith-on-ai-animal-spirits/id1516093381?i=1000643676389
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cpOpwBCzIEsjcSxu7IeQQ?si=8CjC-T0GQayMvYWXtSkqXA
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - John Maynard Keynes 00:17:16 - Controversy 00:25:02 - Friedrich von Hayek 00:47:41 - John Stuart Mill 00:52:41 - Adam Smith 00:58:31 - Coase, Schelling, & George 01:08:07 - Anarchy 01:13:16 - Cheap WMDs 01:23:18 - Technocracy & political philosophy 01:34:16 - AI & Scaling

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Dwarkesh Patel and Tyler Cowen, Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth explores tyler Cowen Ranks the GOAT Economists, Markets, AI, and Anarchy Tyler Cowen discusses his book GOAT, using Keynes, Hayek, Smith, Mill and others to probe how great economists thought about investment, risk, markets, and institutions.

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