# James Bessen

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Part Two: AI and the Workforce

Carl Miller asks who will win and who will lose, as AI's capabilities begin to threaten jobs and livelihoods. Through the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, automation and globalisation, the workplace has been on the frontlines of changes across wider society. Featuring Kenneth Cuk…

Power Trip, Part Two: AI and the Workforce

We revisit POWER TRIP, Intelligence Squared's new podcast investigating the past and future of AI. Carl Miller asks who will win and who will lose, as AI's capabilities begin to threaten jobs and livelihoods. Through the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, automation and globalisati…

James Bessen - Understanding the Tech Paradigm

In the third episode of Season 10, hosts Tano Santos and Michael Mauboussin speak with James Bessen, Executive Director of the Technology and Policy Research Initiative at Boston University. Delving into the intricacies of technological advancement and market dynamics, Bessen shares his insights on…

#7 – Michael Mauboussin: The Fascinating World of Increasing Returns

My guest today is Michael Mauboussin (@mjmauboussin), one of the world’s leading experts in finance. Michael serves as Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley. He has authored three books and regularly appears in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, a…

Tim O’Reilly on AI native organizations, architectures of participation, creating value for users, and learning by exploring (HAI Ep11)

“We’re in this process where we should be discovering what’s possible… That’s what I mean by AI-native — just go figure out what the AI can do that makes something so much easier or so much better.” – Tim O’Reilly About Tim O’Reilly Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of…

Hold Up! Don’t We Actually Need More PMs, Not Less? 🤔

Greetings from a another Sunday and I hope you are doing well, all The Product Roast subscribers—if your coffee’s ready, let’s get started to discuss today’s topic. I know many of you, whether early in your product career or feeling passionate about product management in college, are feeling anxiou…

National strategy for the AI revolution beyond the threat of new Luddites

The author is the president of the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade. The global surge in AI has intensified. Just two years ago debate centered on whether AI development should be restrained. Today, the world is in the midst of massive infrastructure investment and strategic comp…

Software Moats & AI Capex Risk: Why Dominant Firms Stay Dominant | James Bessen (Boston University) #09

Many dominant firms may be harder to disrupt today than popular narratives suggest. Josef Pschorn speaks with James Bessen of Boston University’s Technology & Policy Research Initiative about how proprietary software creates structural advantages for incumbent issuers, why AI capex may carry more …

The Easiest $250 I've Ever Lost

Easy Come, Easier Go Hello dear show notes readers! Happy 250th, America! I spent the Fourth in Dallas watching Egypt and Australia go to penalty kicks in front of seventy-some thousand people. Nothing like getting full value for the ticket. In our increasingly small world, I randomly found a Egyp…

205: AI Will Disrupt Tasks, Not Entire Jobs

Erik argues that AI will displace some tasks and some people, but the bigger story is job redefinition and hiring growth driven by unlocked market value. He lays out five examples, contrasting “tasks” AI can replace with “jobs” that exist because humans add customer value. 🧭 Conversation Highlights…