AI’s Impact on Jobs and National Security: A Double-Edged Sword

Explore the Tony Blair Institute's report on AI's potential to displace millions of jobs in the UK, while also creating new opportunities. Discover Inria's Tree of Problems framework, enhancing language model reasoning. Learn about AI's role in improving HVAC efficiency and Meta's decision to allow US defense use of Llama AI, highlighting the intersection of technology and national security. This episode offers a comprehensive look at AI's transformative power across industries and its implications for the future workforce and global defense strategies.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/08/ai-may-displace-3m-jobs-but-long-term-losses-relatively-modest-says-thinktank
https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/11/08/this-ai-paper-by-inria-introduces-the-tree-of-problems-a-simple-yet-effective-framework-for-complex-reasoning-in-language-models/
https://today.umd.edu/briefs/ai-face-off-researchers-pit-old-ai-tech-vs-new-in-hvac-efficiency-test
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/05/meta-allows-national-security-defense-contractors-use-llama-ai

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:45) AI may displace 3m jobs but long-term losses ‘relatively modest’, says Tony Blair’s thinktank
(00:03:51) This AI Paper by Inria Introduces the Tree of Problems: A Simple Yet Effective Framework for Complex Reasoning in Language Models
(00:07:04) AI Face-off: Researchers Pit Old AI Tech vs. New in HVAC Efficiency…
(00:09:46) Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI