AI, Employment, and Education (with Tyler Cowen)
3/30/20261 hr 2 min
Tyler Cowen is bullish on the integration of AI into higher education. He's also not worried about its effects on the future workplace. Listen as Cowen speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the reasons for his optimism, and argues that college classes should devote significant time to learning how to use AI. They discuss the future of writing (and thinking) in an academic context, and Cowen's solution to dealing with worries about cheating. Cowen also shares how he personally has adapted to AI, and whether he thinks there's value to a college education designed not to ensure mastery of a subject, but instead to help students become the kind of people they want to be.
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[on-hold music] Welcome to EconTalk conversations for the curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links and other information related to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done going back to two thousand and six. Our email address is mail@econtalk.org. We'd love to hear from you. [on-hold music] Today is February twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six, and before introducing today's guest, I wanna give you the results from our survey of your favorite episodes of twenty twenty-five. Here are your top ten. Tenth, a tie between The Economics of Tariffs and Trade with Doug Irwin and Why Christianity Needs to Help Save Democracy with Jonathan Rauch. Nine, How to Walk the World with Chris Arnade. Eight, The Music of John and Paul with Ian Leslie. Seven, Will Guidara on Unreasonable Hospitality. Six, EconTalk episode number one thousand. That was a solo episode with me. Number five, The Magic of Tokyo with John McReynolds. Number four, The Perfect Chuba with Sam Quinones. Three, Shampoo: Property Rights and Civilization with Anthony Gill. Your second most favorite episode was A Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math with David