David Autor is a labor economist at MIT. He has written about how the arrival of personal computers increased inequality among American workers. But when it comes to AI, David thinks there could be a different outcome. 

Read David’s article about AI in Noema Magazine. 

In this episode, David explains: 
How computers increased the wage gap between college and non-college educated workers
Why AI’s ability to supplement expertise may open up expert fields to more people 
How AI could make healthcare and legal services cheaper
What fields will still experience rapid devaluation of skills due to AI 
The “no regrets” policies that the US could enact to help ease the impact of AI  

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David Autor is a labor economist at MIT. He has written about how the arrival of personal computers increased inequality among American workers. But when it comes to AI, David thinks there could be a different outcome.&nbsp;
Read David&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.noemamag.com/how-ai-could-help-rebuild-the-middle-class/">article about AI in Noema Magazine</a>.&nbsp;
In this episode, David explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How computers increased the wage gap between college and non-college educated workers</li>
<li>Why AI&rsquo;s ability to supplement expertise may open up expert fields to more people&nbsp;</li>
<li>How AI could make healthcare and legal services cheaper</li>
<li>What fields will still experience rapid devaluation of skills due to AI&nbsp;</li>
<li>The &ldquo;no regrets&rdquo; policies that the US could enact to help ease the impact of AI&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with entrepreneurs and engineers tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.

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Every week on What's Your Problem?, former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein talks with&nbsp;entrepreneurs and engineers&nbsp;tackling the biggest challenges at the forefront of technology. How do you make a trip to space as routine as a plane flight? How do you turn solar energy into clean fuel? How do you use AI to stop deadly infections before they spread? We hear a lot these days about how the world is getting worse. What's Your Problem? learns from the thinkers and doers trying to make our future better.
iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

What's Your Problem?

Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there.

How do you take a drone delivery service you’ve built in Rwanda and make it work in North Carolina? How do you convince people to buy a house on the Internet? How do you sell thousands of dog ramps to weiner dogs all across America when a pandemic breaks the global supply chain? 

Hosted by former Planet Money host Jacob Goldstein, What’s Your Problem helps listeners understand the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now.

iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

How AI Could Reduce Inequality

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The fish we eat usually die slowly, suffocating after they’re pulled out of the water. Saif Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Shinkei. Saif's problem is this: Can he build a machine to efficiently kill fish in a way that is more humane?

In this episode, Saif explains: 
How he came to believe that our current fishing practices are inhumane 
How he adapted the Japanese technique of  ikijime for use at scale 
Why Shinkei’s process results in better texture and longer shelf life than commodity fish.
Why Shinkei is doing its own technology development, fish processing, and consumer branding. 

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The fish we eat usually die slowly, suffocating after they&rsquo;re pulled out of the water. Saif Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Shinkei. Saif's problem is this: Can he build a machine to efficiently kill fish in a way that is more humane?
In this episode, Saif explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How he came to believe that our current fishing practices are inhumane&nbsp;</li>
<li>How he adapted the Japanese technique of  ikijime for use at scale&nbsp;</li>
<li>Why Shinkei&rsquo;s process results in better texture and longer shelf life than commodity fish.</li>
<li>Why Shinkei is doing its own technology development, fish processing, and consumer branding.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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Can a Robot Kill Fish Humanely?

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Catherine Nakalembe is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and the head of the Africa program at NASA Harvest, which uses satellite images to track agriculture around the world. Catherine’s problem is this: How do you predict when a famine is coming – and how do you convince leaders to act in time?

In this episode, Catherine explains: 
How satellite data can predict crop failure months in advance
Why phots can convince decision-makers faster than maps or statistics
Why imaging systems developed for US farmland often don’t work in Africa
Why a half-page memo moves food trucks faster than a scientific paper

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Catherine Nakalembe is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and the head of the Africa program at NASA Harvest, which uses satellite images to track agriculture around the world. Catherine&rsquo;s problem is this: How do you predict when a famine is coming &ndash; and how do you convince leaders to act in time?
In this episode, Catherine explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How satellite data can predict crop failure months in advance</li>
<li>Why phots can convince decision-makers faster than maps or statistics</li>
<li>Why imaging systems developed for US farmland often don&rsquo;t work in Africa</li>
<li>Why a half-page memo moves food trucks faster than a scientific paper</li>
</ul>
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Using Satellites to Prevent Famines

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Nir Barzilai is a physician and a researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he runs the Institute for Geroscience. Nir’s problem is this: How can we use lifestyle changes and drugs to slow the process of aging?

In this episode, Nir explains: 
The search for biological markers of aging
The existing drugs that might reduce the risk of diseases associated with aging
The four key lifestyle factors that every researcher in the field agrees on
What he learned by studying the genes of people who lived to 100
What “geroscience” means, and why it doesn’t have a Wikipedia page 

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Nir Barzilai is a physician and a researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he runs the Institute for Geroscience. Nir&rsquo;s problem is this: How can we use lifestyle changes and drugs to slow the process of aging?
In this episode, Nir explains:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>The search for biological markers of aging</li>
<li>The existing drugs that might reduce the risk of diseases associated with aging</li>
<li>The four key lifestyle factors that every researcher in the field agrees on</li>
<li>What he learned by studying the genes of people who lived to 100</li>
<li>What &ldquo;geroscience&rdquo; means, and why it doesn&rsquo;t have a Wikipedia page&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Connect with us:
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Can We Slow Down Aging?

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