LFP 134: Ewan McMillan - AI overhang and economics impact
We are continuing our investigation into the implications of the Economic Singularity, the time when we need a new economic system because full automation by AI means that people can no longer obtain ...
12 Aug 37min
LFP 133: Oliver Ritchie - Waking up Economists
We are continuing our investigation into the implications of the Economic Singularity, the time when we need a new economic system because full automation by AI means people can no longer obtain the r...
4 Aug 40min
LFP 132: Matteo Rossi MacDermant - Technoprogressive Worldbuilding
This is the first of a number of episodes on the broad theme of “the technoprogressive opportunity”. That’s the name of a conference taking place in London on the weekend of 19th and 20th September, c...
21 Jul 49min
LFP 131: Ben Luong - The Discontinuity Thesis
AI-driven automation of cognitive labour is not merely another technological transition but a structural discontinuity that will end, sooner or later, the central role of wages in how society operates...
28 Jun 34min
LFP 130: Gerry Tsoukalas and Brett Falk - The AI Automation Layoff Trap
This episode continues our investigation into the implications of advanced AI for jobs, and specifically, how to design an economic system that makes a huge success of full automation by AI. Back in 2...
1 Jun 41min
LFP 129: Ted Shelton - Post-labour economics and the future of capitalism
This episode continues our investigation into the potential wide-ranging implications of advanced AI for economics. Traditionally, value is said to be created by a combination of capital, which covers...
9 Mai 44min
LFP 127: Anticipating 2026
When we started this Podcast back in August 2022, we, Calum and David, announced the theme to be “Anticipating and managing exponential impact”. We talked about three sub-themes: Developing the skills...
7 Jan 51min
