Best Sonderlings Podcasts (2024)

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Brad Wilcox on Marriage and Family Stability 52:05

7d ago52:05

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This week on Hardly Working, Brent Orrell talks with AEI Senior Fellow Brad Wilcox. Wilcox’s recent book Get Married: Why Americans Should Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families and Save Civilization explores the importance of marriage in society. Brent and Wilcox discuss how marriage promotes healthy families and why declines in marriage rates are…

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Organizational Justice Theory and Fairness in the Workplace. With Stephen Gilliland 56:44

14d ago56:44

56:44

"Organizational justice is about ensuring that every individual feels they are treated fairly and with respect in all aspects of their work. It’s not just about the outcomes they receive, but how those outcomes are decided and communicated. Fair processes and respectful treatment are fundamental to maintaining trust and equity within any organizati…

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Daniel Susskind on the Growth Dilemma 44:59

21d ago44:59

44:59

Americans are grappling with the complexities of economic growth, technology, and their impacts on society. This week, Brent talks with Oxford University economist Daniel Susskind, who explores these themes in his latest book Growth: A Reckoning. Together, Brent and Susskind discuss the historical context of growth, the role of technological advanc…

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AI, Skills based hiring, digital transformation and the future of recruiting: With Matt Alder 57:31

28d ago57:31

57:31

"Skills-based hiring isn't just removing a degree requirement from a job description. It takes a long time and serious commitment to see it through." -Matt Alder Summary: My guest for this episode is Matt Alder, podcaster, author, consultant and futurist This is an exciting episode because it includes the first ever episode of The Take it or Leave …

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Scott Winship on the Wage-Productivity Paradox 46:36

1M ago46:36

46:36

Americans’ views on the economy have soured in recent years, often seemingly disconnected with the realities of work and growth in incomes. One particularly pernicious meme, found on both the left and the right, is that economic growth has not translated into higher wages for American workers. This week on Hardly Working, Brent sits down with Scott…

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EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling’s Take on Government Regulation in the Age of AI 53:30

1M ago53:30

53:30

"From the EEOC's perspective, whether an employment action, employment decision is made by a human or an algorithm, liability is going to be the same for those companies." "AI tools really have the ability to prevent discrimination, but at the same time, they have the ability to discriminate more than any one individual human being." -EEOC Commissi…

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John Tamny on the End of Work 46:28

2M ago46:28

46:28

In a world where the traditional boundaries of work are being redrawn, the interplay between work and personal satisfaction, a sense of purpose, and meaning is rapidly evolving. This week on Hardly Working, Brent sits down with John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets and president of the Parkview Institute. They discuss Tamny’s 2018 book The End of …

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How Psychology, HR Technology, and Investment are Shaping the Future of Work 52:23

2M ago52:23

52:23

"Everything really starts with the customer. It's not just about having a technology, but understanding the problem you're solving." -George LaRoque Summary: In this episode, George LaRocque, a leading HR technology analyst, investor and the founder of Work Tech- the #1 source of truth around investment and growth in the HR Tech market, joins me to…

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The Journey from IO Psychologist to HR Leader: Mastering the Business of People 48:13

2M ago48:13

48:13

In this episode I welcome JP Elliot, HR and Talent Executive & Host of the Future of HR Podcast. JP Elliott is a forward-thinking global human resources executive with extensive experience implementing human capital initiatives that drive business results, improve organizational performance, and elevate company culture. He is a trusted business par…

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The psychological impact of tech in the workplace: A simple matter of trust 59:50

3M ago59:50

59:50

Quote: We talk about the effect of technology on everything, but ultimately, it's the people that matter." This theme has shown up repeatedly, emphasizing that technology doesn't have uniform effects; we have to consider the psychology of implementation, how it's used, and its context. Summary: In a thought-provoking episode of "People, Science, …

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Carol Graham on the Power of Hope 1:33:27

3M ago1:33:27

1:33:27

Contemporary differences between rural and urban areas in America have their roots in long-term demographic, economic, technological, and social factors. Brent and the Brookings Institution’s Tony Pipa are hosting conversations “On the Front Porch” with authors of recent research on issues facing rural America. These discussions explore the unique …

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Jim Pethokoukis on Conservative Futurism 56:50

3M ago56:50

56:50

As technology marches on, what kind of world are we moving towards? According to AEI senior fellow Jim Pethokoukis, it’s an abundant and prosperous one, at least potentially. So long as we play our cards right–and embrace what he calls an “UpWing” technology and growth policies we will reap the benefits of what many find to be destabilizing, disori…

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Crafting the Future of Ethical AI in the Workplace with Matt Scherer 54:14

4M ago54:14

54:14

"Legislation... has not kept up with the pace of technological advancements, posing significant challenges for ensuring fairness in AI-driven hiring processes." -Matt Scherer Summary: In this episode of "Science 4-Hire," I welcome Matt Scherer, Senior Policy Counsel for Workers' Rights at the Center for Democracy in Technology, a non-profit based i…

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Chatbots & Generative AI in Recruitment: A Deep Dive with Martyn Redstone of pplbots 55:37

4M ago55:37

55:37

In this episode of Science 4-Hire, I welcome my new friend Martyn Redstone, founder of pplbots and a pioneering force in the intersection of conversational AI and recruitment technology. We have a fun and meaningful conversation about the evolution of chatbots and the role of generative AI in the recruitment process. With over two decades in techno…

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Vikram Mansharamani on Why to Be a Generalist 47:09

4M ago47:09

47:09

In a world of specialists, generalists sometimes seem like people without a country. That may be changing. In an age of specialized–and increasingly powerful– AI tools, going broad rather than narrow may increasingly be valuable. Today on Hardly Working, Vikram Mansharamani returns to the podcast to discuss his personal and professional journey as …

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Ethics by Design: Responsible AI is Blueprint, not a Band-aid 56:46

4M ago56:46

56:46

"This AI piece and all the ethics and governance and everything that goes around that... it really warrants a dedicated role and some specific communities focused on AI ethics and risks." Bob Pulver: Founder of Cognitive Path Summary: My guest for this episode is Bob Pulver, a seasoned expert in the intersection of artificial intelligence and talen…

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LLAMA, LLAMA- How to Avoid Generative AI Drama! 46:09

4M ago46:09

46:09

“So most of the world is made up of full stack application developers who build software for anything from HRIS to accounting, to supply chain, and what have you? For those people to easily add generative AI capabilities into their applications while remaining in compliance with the security, trust, and safety requirements that enterprises have, we…

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What Rural Voters Think: A Conversation with Nick Jacobs 1:30:51

5M ago1:30:51

1:30:51

Divides between rural and urban America have their roots in longstanding demographic, economic, technological, and social factors. In a new event series, AEI’s Brent Orrell and the Brookings Institution’s Tony Pipa are hosting a series of conversations “On the Front Porch” with authors of recent research on issues facing rural America. These discus…

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Talent Acquisition Excellence - A Reality Check 52:59

5M ago52:59

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"There is no one way to do recruitment right, there are many ways to do it right but even more ways to do it badly." -Bas van de Haterd "The reality is that we're in an era of experimentation. We have to experiment continuously." -Kevin Wheeler Summary: In this episode of Science 4-Hire I welcome two old friends, distinguished Science 4-Hire alumni…

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Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson on Community Colleges and Economic Mobility 57:10

5M ago57:10

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In recent years, confidence in higher education has plummeted. This decline has prompted a vigorous debate on the role of all types of post-secondary education. In their recent book America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, Robert B. Schwartz and Rachel Lipson make the case for the value of community col…

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Hired by a Hologram? The future of talent evaluation will be wild. With Georgi Yankov, Principal Research Scientist at DDI 55:30

5M ago55:30

55:30

“I really see the technology as a driver of user friendliness of assessment in the future and because people don't have time anymore to sit down for many hours and do writing samples and take personality tests of 300-500 questions.” -Georgi Yankov Summary: In this forward-looking episode of Science 4-Hire, I welcome Georgi Jankov, a fellow IO psych…

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Mastering Content Marketing in the AI Era: What every professional needs to know! 48:09

5M ago48:09

48:09

Mary Ellen Slayter: "AI is a race to the middle. Generative AI content is, by my definition, mediocre." In this episode I take a bit of a departure from the world of hiring to talk with my long time friend, Mary Ellen Slayter, the founder of Reputation Capital, a top notch digital content marketing firm. Don’t be afraid of the fact that we do not t…

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Vegemite, Stroopwafles, and AI based assessments: New sensation, or acquired taste? 58:36

6M ago58:36

58:36

"Personnel selection is shaking on its foundations. Lots of the assessments that we have, that we do, suddenly we're not quite sure if they're still as effective.” “I feel as if now it's starting to become the responsibility of organizations who are hiring to make sure that people are using it (Chat GPT) in the same way so that that they can clearl…

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Keith Sonderling on AI and the Workforce 49:14

6M ago49:14

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As artificial intelligence (AI) bounds ahead, many are rightfully concerned about the risks and ethical issues it raises. Perhaps some of the most practical of these is the potential that AI will be biased against minority populations because of deficiencies in the data used to build it. If true, this would have serious implications for human resou…

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Building Digital Coaches Using AI and Psychology: With Dr. Matt Barney 51:26

6M ago51:26

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“When GPT 3.5 came out. I was like, oh my gosh, we don't need to train the AI anymore! We just need to prime it. It's so similar to psychology! Instead of programming and language, we'd do it in English.” In this episode of Science 4-Hire, I chew the digital fat with Dr. Matt Barney, founder and CEO of XLNC, a company that is using AI to create the…

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Elizabeth Currid-Halkett on Rural America 53:14

6M ago53:14

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Many urban Americans have come to believe that there’s a growing chasm separating urban and rural America. While urban America bounds ahead, rural America, many assume, is being left behind, struggling with material and spiritual impoverishment, and cultural confusion. This week on Hardly Working, Brent talks with University of Southern California …

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Spirits in the empirical world: The plight of human job seekers in the age of AI 57:14

6M ago57:14

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"As a journalist, I've seen the many facets of AI in hiring – it's not just about the technology, but about the people it affects." - Hilke Schellman In this revealing episode of Science 4-Hire, Dr. Charles Handler welcomes Hilke Schulman for a captivating conversation on AI in hiring processes and its toll on the rights and psyche of job seekers. …

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Hey You Got Your Linguistics in My IO Psychology! With Karin Golde, Ph.D.- Founder of West Valley AI 53:59

6M ago53:59

53:59

“When you're a linguist, especially a syntactician, when you look at language, it's kind of different from how other people look at language. You kind of see the structures under it, kind of have this x-ray vision, right, of of what's going on under the hood.” - Karin Golde, Founder of West Valley AI. In this awesome and inspiring episode of Scienc…

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"Making People Smarter about People”: The role of technology and ethics in building world class hiring systems 51:55

7M ago51:55

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"We bring data and insights right from that data to our decision-makers... that's how we make people smarter about people." - Christina Norris Watts This episode offers a unique perspective on balancing innovation with ethics in the rapidly changing world of HR technology. My co-pilot for this journey is Christina Norris Watts, Head of Assessment a…

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Ben Wildavsky on the Career Arts 58:42

7M ago58:42

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Regrettably, the debate about post-secondary education has devolved into just another culture war issue with one camp saying “everyone go to college” and another saying “skip college learn a trade.” Today, Brent sits down with Ben Wildavsky, a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development, who challenges…

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Setting people analytics free! With Cole Napper VP of People Analytics at Orgnostic, and Host of the Directionally Correct Podcast 48:00

7M ago48:00

48:00

People analytics is not just for psychologists anymore! "I think that not only will people analytics be the decision maker themselves. In the future, I actually think people analytics will be what HR is." –Cole Napper on People Analytics My guest this week is Cole Napper, IO psychologist extraordinaire, People analytics thought leader, and inspirat…

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The Future Awaits! Navigating Global AI Ethics and Governance with Arnoud Engelfriet 44:43

7M ago44:43

44:43

We are all in this together! Don’t miss the chance to expand your mind with a global perspective on issues that will help define the future of global policy work, commerce, and life in general. In this intriguing episode of "Science 4-Hire," I welcome Arnoud Engelfriet from the Netherlands to discuss AI ethics and governance, particularly in the co…

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Michael Chui on Generative AI 42:54

7M ago42:54

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at breakneck speed. Michael Chui, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), leads research on how this technology is reshaping business, the economy, and society more broadly. According to MGI, the next wave of AI-generated productivity improvements will send shockwaves through the labor market as i…

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The People Analytics Software Market: Anyone Can Make A List. It Takes Expertise to Give it Life! - With Stacia Sherman Garr 42:22

8M ago42:22

42:22

Full disclosure: This episode was recorded before our break. In the normal world, not much would have changed in 5 months. But in the new reality of Generative AI- changes have occurred since we recorded this episode. They do not make the research discussed any less valuable, because the trends were identified- but the execution of them is ever evo…

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Chris Stirewalt on Appalachia 1:07:09

8M ago1:07:09

1:07:09

Today, we continue to explore Appalachia with Chris Stirewalt, a senior fellow at AEI. Stirewalt, who grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, speaks to Brent about the unique culture and values of Appalachia, the role that strong families and institutions play in the region’s success, and potential solutions to the region’s challenges, from its opioid …

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I Interviewed ChatGPT About the Future of Hiring and the Results are Profound and Hilarious 55:46

8M ago55:46

55:46

And now for something completely different. My guest for this enlightening episode of Science 4-Hire, is none other than the biggest superstar of the AI world, the LLM known as ChatGPT. In this fun and educational interview I uncork ChatGPT’s personality as a witty, quirky, and extremely knowledgeable guest. Our amazing conversation delves into the…

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Aaron Renn on Appalachia 53:25

9M ago53:25

53:25

The media has told us a very straightforward, and depressing, story about Appalachia: it is a region that is being left behind as the rest of the U.S. economy chugs on; it’s a destitute, hopeless place without good jobs, and filled with communities in decline. In his recent report on the region, Aaron M. Renn, a senior fellow at American Reformer, …

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Harriet McDonald and Jennifer Mitchell on the Doe Fund 51:45

9M ago51:45

51:45

In cities across America, homelessness, poverty, crime, addiction, and mental illness are perennial, and deeply intertwined, problems. The New York City-based Doe Fund, however, has made real progress on these challenges. Emphasizing work and personal responsibility, the fund has served struggling and at-risk individuals for nearly 40 years. In thi…

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Tom Davenport and Steven Miller on Human-Machine Collaboration 1:00:19

10M ago1:00:19

1:00:19

From tech companies to healthcare providers and fast food services, organizations are deploying AI technologies to boost productivity and improve service. As these technologies filter into the economy and workplace, a host of questions are arising: will AI replace human labor? How will new technology affect the nature of work? How can we equip work…

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Samuel Gregg on the Next American Economy 44:49

10M ago44:49

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From Elizabeth Warren to former president Trump, actors on both the political left and right show increasing willingness to expand the role of government in the country’s economic affairs. Skepticism of free markets, long confined to the left, is now in vogue across the political spectrum, fueling a renewed interest in industrial policy and trade p…

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Uncertainty & Technology: The Adaptability Imperative of Automation 1:07:27

10M ago1:07:27

1:07:27

As AI permeates our world, many are forecasting transformational impacts on work and the economy. With AI, the future is highly uncertain, but it's imperative that we prepare workers to the best of our ability today. In this episode, we bring you a live event with Brent and Shane Tews, a nonresident senior fellow at AEI and head of AEI’s Tech Polic…

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Does Big Tech Need a Reboot? 1:34:36

11M ago1:34:36

1:34:36

In this episode, we invite you to listen in on a recent AEI event on the book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot (Harper Academic, 2021). On June 22, 2023, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Shane Tews were joined by Rob Reich of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and Jeremy M. Weinstein of the Freeman …

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Workforce Futures Initiative Event Rebroadcast 1:33:29

11M ago1:33:29

1:33:29

In this episode, we invite you to listen in on a Workforce Futures Initiative (WFI) event from February 2023. WFI is a collaboration between the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Harvard Kennedy School Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy that analyzes the latest research on various aspects of the workforce develo…

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100th Episode Special: Hardly Working Highlights 30:11

12M ago30:11

30:11

For our 100th episode, we look back at some favorite moments in our podcast's history. You'll hear clips from conversations about the future of work with Jamie Merisotis; male worklessness with my colleague Nicholas Eberstadt; happiness and civic engagement with my colleague Ryan Streeter; thinking for yourself with author and Harvard lecturer Vikr…

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GPT and talent assessment: Cheat code or power up? With Neil Morelli 39:04

12M ago39:04

39:04

Join me, Dr. Charles Handler, for the latest episode of Science 4-Hire as I engage in a fascinating conversation with Neil Morelli, lead IO psychologist at Codility, a global provider of coding assessments. Our discussion centers around LLMs, such as GPT, and the dangers they present to test security and honesty when taking assessments. We agree th…

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Joseph Fuller on Delivering on Degrees 44:43

1y ago44:43

44:43

Joe Fuller, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at AEI and Professor at Harvard Business School, discusses two new reports, Delivering on Degrees and The Partnership Imperative. The first examines the effectiveness of programs that facilitate the transition from postsecondary education to employment and finds programs such as career coaching and experienti…

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The Psychology of HR Technology: The Human Touch Will Define the Future of Work With Steve Hunt 38:50

1y ago38:50

38:50

In the latest episode of Science 4-Hire, I had a fascinating conversation with Steve Hunt, Chief Expert of Technology & Work at SAP. Together, we discussed Steve’s latest book, Talent Techtonics, which provides a framework for our conversation. As he notes... “I wanted to talk about how work is changing, but not just trends like how hybrid work, bu…

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Matt Continetti on American Conservatism through the 20th Century 57:14

1y ago57:14

57:14

The Republican Party has been the main political vehicle for American conservatism over the past 100 years. Periods of tension between the intellectual/elite faction and the grassroots faction have defined the party’s history. Matt Continetti, senior fellow at AEI, has spent his career studying the Republican Party and the American conservative mov…

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Psychology, technology, business, and the future come together at SIOP 2023 With Fred Oswald 35:44

1y ago35:44

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In the latest episode of Science 4-Hire, I have a refreshing and relaxing conversation with Fred Oswald, an esteemed industrial-organizational psychologist and professor at Rice University. Fred is extremely active in the area of AI ethics and governance, especially with regards to hiring. Fred has served on many committees addressing these issues …

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Evan Selinger on Tech, Surveillance, and Obscurity in Work and Society 45:17

1y ago45:17

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Responses to the sudden emergence of widely available artificial intelligence tend to swing between those who believe these technologies will deliver a utopia of unlimited growth and opportunity or inflict a robot-dominated dystopia of human obsolescence. In the space between those two polls, some are engaged in serious ethical reflection that atte…

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