How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In

2026-09-26 · 29 min · 19 entities

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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/
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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://platypuseconomics.com/podcast

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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/
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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://platypuseconomics.com/podcast
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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://youtube.com/platypuseconomics
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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/
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Link in episode "How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In": https://platypuseconomics.com/podcast

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How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In
discusses Education concept

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The people building the most powerful AI see faster science, better medicines, and explosive economic growth. Others see catastrophe. Justin Wolfers steps into that argument with the one tool that can actually weigh the two: economics. Subscribe: on YouTube 👉 https://youtube.com/platypuseconomics on Substack 👉 https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com the Podcast 👉 https://platypuseconomics.com/podcast Follow on Social Media @PlatypusEconomics and @JustinWolfers