Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦

Author of "The Geek Way" and "More from Less;" coauthor of "The Second Machine Age;" proponent of human and planetary flourishing.

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

My most recent book is "The Geek Way"

https://t.co/BZli4Ej6Sz

(Nobel Prize-winner) Bengt Holmstrom's Amazon review: "McAfee’s book is a breath of fresh air that brings several original perspectives on today’s start-up organizations and beyond. Highly recommended!"

[Seth Benzell - the LA-atic Stranger @SBenzell]

Watch the whole episode and follow the pod here! https://t.co/BUC4DvLk9M

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@GarettJones @ModeledBehavior @erikbryn Wow — thanks for the kind words (and keep up the good work)!

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@mattbeane In the 40s. The simple sabotage Field Manual was written in 1944 by the OSS and intended to be dropped in Nazi-occupied territory.

https://t.co/vTZOXrNlGk

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@kearney_melissa Thanks for the words of support – they are much appreciated

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@YanagizawaD Thanks for the kind words – they’re much appreciated

[John Horton @johnjhorton]

this is how a commitment to 'steering AI' will get interpreted & implemented in policy practice

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@Noahpinion “[AI] could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement... Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to… build the... guardrails… needed to steer AI”

goes a lot further than "AI is important and we should think about it," no?

https://t.co/JriJtiI3EU

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@MZunigaP Gracias!

[James Pethokoukis ⏩️⤴️ @JimPethokoukis]

My podcast interview with Sebastian Mallaby, author of 'The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence' @scmallaby
https://t.co/PMwibmHIU3

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@Afinetheorem @lugaricano @BrianCAlbrecht And/or are they too influenced by statements like “AI could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement… we must act now… to build guardrails”

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@marcidale @stewartbrand ‘s concept of pace layers is super relevant here. I want to increase the pace at which industry and government layers can make good decisions, not decrease the pace of AI

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

And here, offered with respect to my colleague, coauthor, cofounder, and friend @erikbryn, are my edits:

[Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn]

Here's our statement on AI and the economy.

We Must Act Now
A Statement on AI’s Transformation of the Economy

1. AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years.
2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame. It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, as well as opportunities such as major gains in living standards.
3. Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to understand the economics of transformative AI and to build the incentives, guardrails, and institutions needed to steer AI in a direction that complements humans and benefits society.

[Szilágyi Pál @szilagyipal]

@BrianCAlbrecht @amcafee Good arguments. I am puzzled how many people don't see the opportunities here. I think this is also a good piece to sometimes reread so we get reminded of the greatness of humans: https://t.co/5nhHKVMu0g

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@utagro I was riffing on “GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!”

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@Afinetheorem @lugaricano @BrianCAlbrecht I hear you, but I think policy folk are currently too eager to put “guardrails” on AI — e.g. opposition to autonomous cars in many cities

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@ravinpandya Thanks!

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@JimPethokoukis @ModeledBehavior Me too. And me neither.

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@RobAtkinsonITIF @erikbryn Ha! Common ground at last!

[Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦 @amcafee]

@AdamThierer @lugaricano @BrianCAlbrecht Thanks! Maybe our shared high-school misery inculcated some level of contrarianism?