Tyler Cowen on AI and China

Jordan Schneider:  I want to come back to  Her  and companionship. Will this put therapists out of business?

Tyler Cowen:  A lot of people like the human therapist as a kind of placebo, even if they know it's not more effective than the AI. But I would guess this will cut the demand for therapists by a quarter, maybe a third.

I would say in many ways, people growing up will feel belittled. Perhaps they will do more sports, gardening, or fencing.

Tyler Cowen:  I think sheer writing will be less important, even if the AI can't quite copy Paul Krugman or Joe Stiglitz. But charisma will be more important.

Standing out from the crowd, extraversion, a certain kind of flare, willingness to engage with one’s own celebrit

Tyler Cowen:   I don't think most people want a better therapist.  That's part of the issue: what role do therapists serve? You want it to be somewhat scarce. You don't want it to be available at your fingertips. You want to lie to it to some extent. You want it, maybe, to be reassuring in a particular way with just enough challenge inje