The Movement That Wants Us to Care About AI Model Welfare
You hear a lot about AI safety, and this idea that sufficiently advanced AI could pose some kind of threat to humans. So people are always talking about and researching "alignment" to ensure that new ...
30 Loka 202550min
Why It's Still So Expensive to Build Homes in America
Everyone has an opinion on why housing is so expensive in America -- and to be fair, there are probably a lot of reasons for it. But one simple factor is that homes are expensive to build. Unlike many...
27 Loka 202546min
The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar
If you go out to eat at a restaurant, whether it's a fast food chain or a Michelin-starred bistro, there's a good chance the ingredients on your plate came from the same source. Sysco is the dominant ...
25 Loka 202540min
Daniel Yergin on What Happened to the Energy Transition
A few years ago, governments and corporations were brimming with optimism about the prospect of getting to net-zero in the efforts against climate change. Today, you hear a lot less about that. And wh...
24 Loka 202544min
Why The World Started Hedging Its US Dollar Exposure
Some economists expected that the dollar would strengthen when the tariffs were imposed. Instead, the opposite happened. The dollar fell sharply and it's been a poor performer all year. Concurrently, ...
23 Loka 202546min
Olli Rehn on the Big Competitiveness Challenge Facing Europe
The 2010s saw economic weakness across Europe's periphery. Countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, and so forth were the sites of so much stress. In the 2020s, however, it's reversed. The periphery is ho...
22 Loka 202541min
Raghuram Rajan on Surging Gold and Growing Risks to Financial Stability
Gold has been surging. Risky assets (with a few minor hiccups) have also been surging. And yet, central bankers (most notably the Fed) are in rate cutting mode. Why is this? And what kind of risks are...
20 Loka 202540min
Introducing: The Mishal Husain Show
Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every week. Mishal Husain, one of Britain's best interviewers, brings her signature blend of curiosity and tenacity to weekly conversations wit...
19 Loka 20252min
