If the Machine Chooses Better, Should We Let It Choose?

Reflect w/ Ed Fassio — where AI tells the stories that matter.

As machines get better at almost every kind of choosing, the question underneath the whole AI era comes into focus: if the machine decides better, should we let it decide? Drawing on Ed Fassio's two new books, The Constitution of the Frontier and The Last Human in the Deal, we trace the answer through fiduciary law from 1726, admiralty law where a captain answers even asleep on autopilot, and the quiet truth that responsibility i...