The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding
Dex Hunter-Torricke discusses why AI governance must move beyond technical fixes, covering company decision-making, policymaker gaps, and the effects of automation on jobs, welfare, taxation, and trade.
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Show Notes
Dex Hunter-Torricke is founder of the Centre for Tomorrow. He joins the podcast to discuss why AI governance needs to move beyond technical fixes. The conversation covers how AI companies make decisions, why policymakers often misunderstand agents and economic change, and how automation could reshape jobs, welfare, taxation, and global trade. Dex argues that societies need broader political planning before a crisis drives rushed choices.
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(00:00) Episode Preview
(01:09) Dex's technology journey
(08:22) Broken AI governance
(18:00) Big tech blindspots
(27:36) Employee power shifts
(37:18) Global views and UBI
(48:17) Power and displacement
(01:00:54) Reasons for optimism
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