Tyler Cowen

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2026 by Tyler Cowen · said 75 times in 42 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Jul 20, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
AI Has Not Created a Leisure Dividend; Workers Must Work Harder
“And for all this talk of the leisure dividend from AI, right now we're still in a setting where most people have to work some amount harder. That will change. But it's not about to change.”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 24:37 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
Jul 20, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cowen: Attempts to Outlaw or Sanction Chinese Open-Source AI Will Fail
“Open source and is coming and is here, whether we like it or not. Of course, a lot of it will be from China. We should allow American competitors to proceed on an even footing, but basically the attempt to outlaw it or ban it or use sanctions against it is goi…”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 1:51 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
Jul 20, 2026 negative
Insight
Most People Lack the Ambition to Become Entrepreneurs and Should Not
“Most people cannot become entrepreneurs. They're not ambitious. They should not be ambitious. You could argue the numbers, but it's a small percentage, and other people want to work for them. So people like working in large institutions. Large institutions pay…”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 23:45 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
Jul 20, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Emergent Ventures AI Grants Target Younger and Weirder Talent
“With AI maniacs, I'm going younger and weirder, and I've also noticed Europe is doing pretty well on the AI maniacs metric.”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 14:53 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
Jul 20, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Tyler Cowen Has Only Consumed Coffee Twice in His Life
“I've only had coffee twice in my life, both times in rural Ethiopia in a coffee ceremony, and it was amazing, but I thought this is the peak. I can't beat this.”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 0:17 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
Jul 20, 2026 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Jul 2031
AI Will Add Half a Percent to Annual Economic Growth
“You go back to 1995 through 1998, we got half a percentage point of extra growth out of those advances. They, to me, seem less impressive than AI, so I think over time, with some slowness, we'll get that and maybe a bit more, which is great.”
Tyler Cowen Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 9:52 Tyler Cowen Doesn't Think America Should Ban Chinese AI Models
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