Dean Ball is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center. In Dean’s first appearance on the show, he explains the AI revolution, current AI developments, policy implications of the AI boom, and the future of AI.

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Recorded on February 19th, 2025

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:03) – Dean’s Background in Artificial Intelligence

(00:03:32) – Recent AI Events

(00:22:03) – Policy Implications

(00:33:58) – AI and the Future

(00:56:34) – Outro

Dean Ball on the Past, Present, and Future of AI

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