A Crucial Conversation on the Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence with Eric Alston

The advent of disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and large language models marks one of the most significant technological transformations of our time.
As AI technologies progress rapidly, questions concerning government regulation, technological biases, and the equilibrium between regulation and innovation become increasingly pressing. How do we strike the right balance between protecting ourselves from potential harm and allowing innovation to take root?
Facing rising challenges emerging from these disruptive technologies, scholars are exploring which emerging technologies hold the most promise and how society can effectively adapt to address the complexities posed by these technological advancements.
Watch this insightful discussion with Eric Alston to explore issues surrounding disruptive technologies in society.
The conversation was followed by Q&A.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Alston is a scholar in residence in finance at the University of Colorado Boulder and faculty director of the Hernando de Soto Capital Markets Program in the Leeds School of Business. He holds an MA in economics from the University of Maryland and a JD from the University of Chicago, and his current research focuses on digital governance and institutional design.
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I am shocked and dismayed to hear intention, and the moral quality involved with intention, elevated so. Economics was at the forefront of discovering the consequences of incentive structures and similar factors that lead to consequences not of human design. How could that be elided here?