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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2026 · 26 MIN

Episode 98: Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson on Navigating the Second Machine Age

from NatSec Tech · host Erik Brynjolfsson, Jeanne Meserve

In this episode of NatSec Tech, host Jeanne Meserve sits down with Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and member of the newly formed SCSP-NVIDIA Task Force on AI and the Future of Work.  Dr. Brynjolfsson argues that we are entering a "Second Machine Age" that will be ten times faster and significantly larger than the Industrial Revolution. As artificial intelligence races ahead of our economic institutions, the United States faces a critical turning point: will we lead the most advanced workforce in history, or succumb to a new "technology shock"? NatSec Tech is a product of the Special Competitive Studies Project.

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