Journalism in the age of AI (with Dylan Matthews)

<p><a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/178/#transcript">Read the full transcript here.</a> </p><div class="notes-inner"> <p>Will large language models (LLMs) replace journalists any time soon? On what types of writing tasks do LLMs outperform humans? Have the US news media become less truth-seeking in recent decades? Or is truth-seeking behavior merely an aberration from a norm of propagandizing? How should we redistribute economic surplus from AI? Have any AI companies committed to a <a href="https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/windfallclause/">Windfall Clause</a>? Instead of bothering to negotiate with us, wouldn't a superintelligent AI be able to get much more done by first wiping us all out? What are some subtler or less-well-known ways subscription models reshape incentive structures for journalists? Why is collective action so hard?</p><p>Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he cofounded Future Perfect, a section devoted to exploring ways to do good. He writes frequently about economics, philanthropy, global health, and more. You can email him at <a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.orgmailto:dylan@vox.com">dylan@vox.com</a>.</p><blockquote><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> This episode was recorded live at EAGxNYC!</p></blockquote><p> <b>Staff</b></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.spencergreenberg.com/">Spencer Greenberg</a> — Host / Director </li> <li> <a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.orgmailto:joshrcastle@gmail.com">Josh Castle</a> — Producer </li> <li> <a href="https://tone.support/">Ryan Kessler</a> — Audio Engineer </li> <li> <a href="https://uribram.com/">Uri Bram</a> — Factotum </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weamplify.info/">WeAmplify</a> — Transcriptionists </li> <li> <a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.orgmailto:digillennial@gmail.com">Miles Kestran</a> — Marketing </li></ul><p> <b>Music</b></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://archive.org/details/MusicForPodcasts04/Lee+Rosevere+-+Music+for+Podcasts+4+-+11+Keeping+Stuff+Together.flac"> Lee Rosevere </a> </li> <li> <a hre