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Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth.
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- Bringing Tomorrowland back to the future: My interview with ‘Disneyologist’ Art Tavana · 39 minMy guest this episode is journalist and author Art Tavana. Art is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Southern California, focusing on Disney and fan studies. He also…
- The story of how climate worry has turned into AI worry: My interview with Stephanie Wakefield · 31 minMy guest this episode is Stephanie Wakefield. Stephanie is an assistant professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Design at Florida Atlantic University. She is also the…
- The AI state of play: My interview with Ramez Naam · 38 minMy guest this episode is Ramez Naam. Ramez has spent years thinking, writing, and investing around technological progress in energy and artificial intelligence. He is the founder…
- An update on AI’s economic impact: My interview with Scott Strand of Google’s AI & Economy program · 29 minMy guest this episode is Scott Strand. Scott is Head of Strategy, Operations, and Special Projects at Google, where he founded the Google AI Economy program as well as Google…
- 📈 How economic growth can defeat authoritarianism: My interview with Dalibor Rohac, author of ‘Unshackled’ · 32 minOn this episode of Faster Please!—The Podcast, I am joined by Dalibor Rohac. Dalibor is the director of global research at GLOBSEC and a longtime senior research fellow in…
- ✨ Why verification is AI's real bottleneck: My interview with economist Christian Catalini · 35 minOn this episode of Faster Please!—The Podcast, I am joined by Christian Catalini. Christian is a research scientist and the founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Recently…
- ✨ My interview with economist Tyler Cowen on the Age of AI (and more) · 33 minOn this episode of Faster Please!—The Podcast, I am joined (again) by Tyler Cowen. Tyler is an economics professor at George Mason University and co-founder of the economics blog…
- 🚀 The New Space Age meets the Age of AI: My interview with Phil Metzger · 35 minThanks in large part to the massive drop in the cost of getting a pound or kilogram of stuff into orbit and beyond, many of the boldest Space Age dreams are now possible. The…
- 🏁 The Great AI Race as a clash over compute: my interview with analyst Ryan Fedasiuk · 30 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: The AI race between America and China isn’t just about whose AI models are at the frontier or…
- 💧⚡🖥️ A deep-dive on data centers: My interview with AI researcher Andy Masley · 36 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: With the massive buildout of data centers has come an equally massive backlash. They’ve been…
- 📈 The business of AI: My interview with technology analyst and investor Azeem Azhar · 34 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Artificial intelligence is expected to transform the economy, but what about the AI industry…
- ✨ Data center distortions: My interview with energy policy analyst Shuting Pomerleau · 32 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: What problem does a data-center moratorium solve, exactly? As these warehouse-sized…
- ✨ My interview with Sebastian Mallaby, author of 'The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence' · 35 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: If my podcast guest today is correct, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence…
- ✨💪 AI, jobs, and productivity: My chat with economist Erik Brynjolfsson · 38 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Will artificial intelligence displace workers or make them more valuable? Probably plenty of…
- ✨💪 The future of work in an age of AI: My chat with economist Daniel Rock · 28 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly poised to change the workplace—the question is, by how…
- 🏗️ A hub for hard-tech startups: My chat with 'American Shenzhen' builder Joshua Farahzad · 20 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: As a college sophomore, Josh Farahzad assembled a group of students from around the country in…
- ✨ The Age of AI, an update: My chat with policy analyst Dean Ball · 43 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Anxiety is running rampant about the future of artificial intelligence and its place in…
- 🌎 Storm watch: My chat with climate policy expert Roger Pielke Jr. · 35 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Headlines portend rising seas, raging storms, and a planet in crisis. It’s easy to feel like…
- ☄️Awaiting apocalypse: My chat with journalist and author Dorian Lynskey · 27 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: Since humanity’s beginning, we’ve been pondering about our end. From war, to disease, to…
- ⤴️ Beyond Abundance: My chat with Brink Lindsey about his new book, 'The Permanent Problem' · 32 minMy fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world: The human pursuit of progress stems from our desire for security and a higher quality of life…
