A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos

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Why Big Tech is incompatible with democracy | Bruno Giussani

Most of the technology powering life in Europe today — chatbots, the cloud, digital infrastructure — is owned by companies in the United States. Writer and curator Bruno Giussani makes the case that Europe's reliance on American technology has crossed the line from convenient to ...  Show more

Why AI is an even bigger deal than you think | Reed Hastings

Netflix cofounder and Anthropic board member Reed Hastings joins TED's Sal Khan to give a look inside the race to build AI. Hear his take on how the technology could accelerate education — including the possibility of an AI tutor for every student — and reshape the economy faster ...  Show more

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