Drastic improvements in automation and artificial intelligence over the last decade or so, and wary comments from high-profile tech industry tycoons like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, have led to rumblings of uncertainty about economic displacement. Veteran New York Times science writer John Markoff admits to having contributed to rising concerns in recent years, but says he now sees the issue from a more Keynesian perspective.

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About this series: Georgetown’s Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative, in collaboration with the new media startup Reinvent, is developing a series of high profile conversations that open up this discussion beyond academia. We intend to ask leading scholars, innovators in the private sector, and working practitioners of the humanities: What is the role of the humanities in creating a sustainable and interconnected future?

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