What is the economic import of the recent revolution in artificial intelligence and with ChatGPT? How will it affect wages and employment? Which skills will it make more valuable and less valuable? What will be the broader social implications of these changes? How can you use artificial intelligence to help your own economic prospects?

Tyler Cowen, Economics Professor, George Mason University, will visit UAA on Friday, April 14 for a. presentation from 12-1 p.m. at Rasmuson Hall Room 101. This presentation is open to all students, staff and faculty at UAA.

Tyler is the Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is the winner of the fourth annual Foundation for Economic Education’s 2017 Leonard E. Read Distinguished Alumni Award. Foreign Policy named him one of 2011’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, and a survey by The Economist placed him among the most influential economists of the decade. He is a regular contributor to Bloomberg. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and others. His blog, Marginal Revolution, was named the best economics blog on the web by The Wall Street Journal and earned him a spot on TIME’s “25 Best Bloggers” list. Tyler’s other books include Discover Your Inner Economist, a treatment of behavioral economics, and An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies.

Event Details

Event location - Rasmuson Hall Room 101
Event date - April 14, 2023
Event start time - 12 p.m.
Event end time - 1 p.m.

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