McAfee: Increased computing power will not make central economic planning viable
Andrew McAfee (Andy) · a16z Podcast | Companies, Networks, Crowds · Jan 2, 2019 · at 18:02
Andrew McAfee, MIT principal research scientist and co-author of 'Machine, Platform, Crowd', responds to questions about whether modern AI and simulation can overcome central economic planning limits.
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“And the idea that we're out of that world because of Moore's law, because we have much more computational power now, I find that ludicrous.”
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