James Barrat

James Barrat is an author and documentary filmmaker who’s written and produced films for National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, and many other broadcasters in the United States and Europe. His books include Our Final Invention and The Intelligence Explosion.

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Book cover of "The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything" by James Barrat, featuring a robot hand holding a globe, with the text "an excerpt from" reflecting the rise of AI.

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Will AI create more jobs than it replaces?

The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.