#369: AI and State Capacity

Samuel Hammond (Foundation for American Innovation) discusses his essays on “AI and Leviathan.” Can government institutions cope with the coming technological disruption of AI? Topics include: - AI’s trajectory - New Deal agencies in an AI world - Public Choice Theory vs. the AI juggernaut - Uber and micro-regime changes - Government as a network of smart contracts - Techno-totalitarianism vs. techno-feudalism - AI Renaissance city states? - Collapse as a feature, not a bug - A techno-optimist’s revealed preferences Links: AI and Leviathan: Part I (https://tinyurl.com/cttzfpcx) AI and Leviathan: Part II (https://tinyurl.com/cn6kc57x) AI and Leviathan: Part III (https://tinyurl.com/4frwprt9) Where is This All Heading? (https://tinyurl.com/nm3np3xj) AI: Dumb human to Einstein in a heartbeat (https://tinyurl.com/yuxcc8pf) Tech Policy Podcast #337: China and Domestic Surveillance (https://tinyurl.com/3eyeyn72) Tech Policy Podcast #327: The Collapse of Complex Societies (https://tinyurl.com/5esaaksf)