technology

10 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jun 4, 2022 by Erik Brynjolfsson · across every show →

Everything said about technology, oldest first

Jun 4, 2022
Assertion Supported
Technology Is the Primary Driver of US Wage Structure Shifts
“Of the three, most economists would say that technology's the single biggest one. Larry Katz, who runs the quarterly Journal of Economics and who's, you know, leading labor economist, looked at many of these issues says that it's not even close.”
Erik Brynjolfsson Jun 4, 2022 ▶ 12:04 Wait, The Robots Didn't Take Our Jobs? — With Erik Brynjolfsson
Jul 24, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kelly: Generative AI will never replace well-researched journalism
“None of this technology, none of this content is ever going to replace the work of well-researched journalism.”
Caitlin Kelly Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 27:00 How Generative AI Is Already Changing The Communications Field — With EZ Newswire
Oct 16, 2024 negative
Insight
Brown: AI automation will disadvantage workers who prefer rote tasks
“The thing is, not everybody is a creative. Not everybody wants to do something other than rote tasks. There are a lot of people who find comfort in that type of work, and that's what they want to do, and they're not suited for a world where they get half their…”
Josh Brown Oct 16, 2024 ▶ 23:08 Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks — With Downtown Josh Brown
Dec 26, 2024 negative
Insight
Novick: Society cannot wait for causal proof before protecting youth from tech
“There really was a significant body of research pointing to The challenges and potential danger, dangers, and I don't think we need to wait for more science. I think, you know, we don't let children play with knives. We don't wait till we find out what happens…”
Rona Novick Dec 26, 2024 ▶ 55:14 What's the Right Amount of Tech to Give Kids?: A Psychologist and Parent Weigh In
Dec 26, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Birkenbuehl: Research will prove tech makes people ill, similar to cigarettes
“And we're going to find out the same thing about this technology. It's, we're going to find out that this actually does make people very, very, very sick. And it's starting to show up in our young people.”
Jinja Birkenbuehl Dec 26, 2024 ▶ 52:09 What's the Right Amount of Tech to Give Kids?: A Psychologist and Parent Weigh In
Jan 29, 2025 neutral
Insight
Hoffman: Global tech companies must maintain strong ties with home governments
“One of the things about technology is a more important global business, and if you're doing global, you have to have Good relationships with multiple governments, including, of course, your home country and I think that that's, you know, part of what you're se…”
Reid Hoffman Jan 29, 2025 ▶ 45:43 Reid Hoffman: Why The AI Investment Will Pay Off
Jul 2, 2025 neutral
Insight
Smith: Automating human tasks does not imply mass labor displacement
“Conceptually the idea of like, well, we made this thing to do all these tasks that humans do is not a, is not by itself a reason to think human labor is going to be masterplaced.”
Noah Smith Jul 2, 2025 ▶ 18:49 Is AI Really Taking Our Jobs? — With Noah Smith
Jul 2, 2025
Insight
Smith: Advanced tech alone does not win wars without scale
“Technology alone does not win wars as Germany found out in world war II when they had great rocket bombs and jet fighters. And that did absolutely nothing to help them win.”
Noah Smith Jul 2, 2025 ▶ 53:05 Is AI Really Taking Our Jobs? — With Noah Smith
Sep 10, 2025 positive
Opinion
Saudi Arabia is building significant tech brain trust to diversify from oil
“I think there's a tremendous amount of brain trust happening in Saudi Arabia and investment there in their movement to technology and their movement to you know Diversify their oil investments into other areas.”
Bill Vass Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 33:25 Booz Allen CTO: AI in Government, Autonomous Driving, Quantum's Promise
Sep 2, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Prince: Defining internet monetization is tech's most important question
“Over the next five years, figuring out what the business model of the next 30 years of the internet, like, that's the most interesting and important question in technology today, by far.”
Matthew Prince Sep 2, 2026 ▶ 9:25 Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince
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