On the Economics, Geopolitics and Technological Challenges of AI

Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, improvements in large language models have continued at an impressive clip, driving a surge of investment in new models, developing new products based on them, and in constructing data centres and other infrastructure needed to run AI models. What will the economic landscape look like as artificial intelligence becomes more pervasive? What are the production, technological, and geo-political challenges facing artificial intelligence development? And will the technology live up to its promise of making life better? Chris Miller joins EconoFact Chats to discuss these issues.

 

Chris is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is also the author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, which won the Financial Times Book of the Year Award in 2022.