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A techno-skeptic on the A.I. revolution - with Christine Rosen

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Dr. Christine Rosen is skeptical of all the techno-optimism around the coming era of artificial intelligence. In this episode, she responds to our recent guest, Tyler Cowen (episode # 120).

Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on American history, culture, technology and feminism. Concurrently she is a columnist for Commentary magazine and one of the cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast. She is also a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a senior editor in an advisory position at the New Atlantis. Previously, she was a distinguished visiting scholar at the Library of Congress.

Christine is the author or coauthor of many books. Her next book is called The Extinction of Experience. She's also a prolific opinion writer – not only on the pages of Commentary, but also the Los Angeles Times, National Affairs, the New Atlantis, the New York Times, MIT Technology Review, Politico, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Host:
Dan Senor

Discussion (3)

  • WilliamWarford@WilliamWarford

    Excellent discussion, Mr. Senor. Since the passing of Charles Krauthammer, I have found myself turning most often to Christine Rosen to help me solidify my thoughts on the issues of our time. She is smart, well-spoken, able to explain complicated issues clearly, and, most important, possessed of an abundance of common sense. It was nice to hear an in-depth interview with her. As much as I love the Commentary podcast and Brother Podhoretz, he and the fellows do tend to go on a bit, and we sometimes don't get to hear Christine as much as we might like.

    I subscribe to Commentary, online version, and it is a wonderful magazine.

  • Steve Fast@SteveFast
    ReplyingtoWilliamWarford

    WilliamWarford (View Comment):

    Excellent discussion, Mr. Senor. Since the passing of Charles Krauthammer, I have found myself turning most often to Christine Rosen to help me solidify my thoughts on the issues of our time. She is smart, well-spoken, able to explain complicated issues clearly, and, most important, possessed of an abundance of common sense. It was nice to hear an in-depth interview with her. As much as I love the Commentary podcast and Brother Podhoretz, he and the fellows do tend to go on a bit, and we sometimes don’t get to hear Christine as much as we might like.

    I subscribe to Commentary, online version, and it is a wonderful magazine.

    I agree about Christine. I think she has such good insights because of the diversity (oh, that word!) of her experience. She grew up a Christian fundamentalist but works with Jews. She is a true conservative but lives in a most liberal city (DC). She is at home teaching at the liberal Chatauqua Institute but speaks as an authentic conservative. Her conservative views are grounded in real-life experience.

  • WilliamWarford@WilliamWarford
    ReplyingtoSteve Fast

    WilliamWarford (View Comment):

    Excellent discussion, Mr. Senor. Since the passing of Charles Krauthammer, I have found myself turning most often to Christine Rosen to help me solidify my thoughts on the issues of our time. She is smart, well-spoken, able to explain complicated issues clearly, and, most important, possessed of an abundance of common sense. It was nice to hear an in-depth interview with her. As much as I love the Commentary podcast and Brother Podhoretz, he and the fellows do tend to go on a bit, and we sometimes don’t get to hear Christine as much as we might like.

    I subscribe to Commentary, online version, and it is a wonderful magazine.

    Steve Fast (View Comment):

    I agree about Christine. I think she has such good insights because of the diversity (oh, that word!) of her experience. She grew up a Christian fundamentalist but works with Jews. She is a true conservative but lives in a most liberal city (DC). She is at home teaching at the liberal Chatauqua Institute but speaks as an authentic conservative. Her conservative views are grounded in real-life experience.

    Spot on, Mr. Fast!