Will AI kill our creativity or enhance it?

How will creative people make a living in a world with AI? Is there a different way to think about the economy of the future — and how might it involve mystifying and elevating humans? What does the term “data dignity” mean? Join Eagleman with guest Jaron Lanier — computer scientist, artist, futurist — as they discuss AI’s boundless creative output and how we might thoughtfully navigate into the future.

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Lanier J. Who owns the future?. Simon and Schuster; 2014 Mar 4.

Lanier J. You are not a gadget. Vintage; 2010 Jan 12.

Lanier J. Dawn of the new everything: Encounters with reality and virtual reality. Henry Holt; 2017 Nov 21.

Lanier J. Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now. Random House; 2018 May 31.

Eagleman DM. A proposed test for human-level intelligence in AI. PsyArXiv. 2023.

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