Anupam Guha, a computer scientist by training (with graduate degrees from prestigious Georgia Tech and Univ of Maryland), decided to pursue the public policy related questions from a computer science perspective. With the explosive growth in AI technologies, several tech stalwarts (such as the likes of Elon Musk) expressed their deep concerns about its potential disruption in the job market. However, is this a new phenomenon per se? Or is it a continuation of a long-known dichotomy of progress in automation technology and preserving a viable labor market? Or do we hear about this now more often as it is turning out to affect the so-called “white-collar” job market just now as opposed to so-called “blue-collar” jobs that were being affected for years? In this podcast Anupam elaborately discusses about all these nuance questions from his own philosoph ...