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Taming the machine: Why regulating AI feels impossible (but we have to try anyways)

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Dan Trefler

Artificial intelligence is advancing at a rapid clip...some might even say, too rapid. 

As money continues to pour into the technology, professor Dan Trefler is increasingly being called on by governments and policy makers to speak about regulating AI. But he's not particularly hopeful for our ability to put in place guardrails. 

But we shouldn't be deterred, he says, and he joined the latest episode of the Rotman Executive Summary podcast to explore how governments, businesses and the average citizen can "fight the good regulatory fight," before it's too late. 

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Prefer to read than listen in? Check out the transcript here

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Dan Trefler is a professor of economic analysis and policy, J. Douglas and Ruth Grant chair in competitiveness and prosperity at the Rotman School of Management, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada