Massive investment in artificial intelligence is driving the US economy right now. But is it a good thing? Patricia Kullberg speaks with economist Marty Hart-Landsberg about the AI boom, how generative AI distorts our economy, threatens our well-being with useless and dangerous products, and how we should organize to keep it out of our schools, hospitals and clinics, and government institutions. Hart-Landsberg is Chair of the Oregon chapter of the National Writers Union; Chair of Portland Rising, a committee of Portland Jobs with Justice; and Professor emeritus of economics at Lewis and Clark College. You can subscribe to his blog here: Reports from the Economic Front, where you can find his Feb 26 blog: AI and the Economy: A Losing Bet for Working People.
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