337. Purdue University President Mung Chiang on the AI revolution + demand-driven education driving impact

This is a podcast episode titled, 337. Purdue University President Mung Chiang on the AI revolution + demand-driven education driving impact. The summary for this episode is: <p>Global market intelligence firm, IDC, estimates that artificial intelligence (AI) will contribute nearly $20 trillion to the global economy by 2030 and represent nearly 4% of global GDP. Today we are joined by an AI pioneer, tech diplomat and leader of Purdue University, President Mung Chiang. We discuss:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>His journey as a three-time entrepreneur turned university president and how his experience has shaped his approach at Purdue&nbsp;</li><li>Being on the cusps of the AI revolution, bringing new jobs to market and its elimination of old ones – and its potential to transform the physical world&nbsp;</li><li>Balancing AI’s opportunity for productivity versus its potential to become an adversarial threat&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Connecting dots from the past to the future to develop job creation and prosperity in the state – and the critical role of agbioscience to make that happen&nbsp;</li><li>Purdue has a top 5 college of engineering and a top 5 college of agriculture – and President Chiang talks about the university’s differentiation to drive big outcomes using demand-driven education &nbsp;</li><li>&nbsp;President Chiang’s eye on the future of Purdue and its continued service to Indiana&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p>