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Thinking about Thinking · June 29 · 43 min

Episode 5: Intelligence as an Economic Construct

When productivity becomes the measure of a mind, who gets left behind? What is AGI? How has the definition evolved across researchers and corporations? This episode tracks OpenAI's fully economic definition — "all tasks of economic value" — and asks what happens when intelligence becomes synonymous with productivity. Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.com We also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1

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When productivity becomes the measure of a mind, who gets left behind?

What is AGI? How has the definition evolved across researchers and corporations? This episode tracks OpenAI's fully economic definition — "all tasks of economic value" — and asks what happens when intelligence becomes synonymous with productivity.

Our host is Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, leading thinker and developer of safe, secure and responsible AI. You can learn more about her at www.rummanchowdhury.com

We also have a companion substack, also called Thinking about Thinking. Find us at https://substack.com/@rummanchowdhury1