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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking?
Description: Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis published the latest GDP report. It contained a startling detail. Spending on artificial intelligence added more to the U.S. economy than consumer spending last quarter.
This is very quickly becoming an AI economy.
I’m interested in how AI will change our jobs. But I’m just as curious about how it will change our minds. We’re already seeing that students in high school and college are using AI to write most of their essays. What do we lose in a world where students sacrifice the abilit...