61. Alison Gopnik (Developmental Psychologist) – Artificial Intelligence/Natural Stupidity - Panoply

Alison Gopnik is an internationally recognized expert in children's learning and development. Her new book The Gardener and the Carpenter is a response to the fact that "parenting" has become a verb, a powerful middle class trend, a lucrative self-help industry, and sometimes a kind of bloodsport. Meanwhile developmental science paints a very different picture of how children grow and learn, and what it means to be a good parent. As Gopnik puts it, "It's easy to say'just chill,' but the advice is, basically, just chill!" On this week's episode of Think Again–a Big Think Podcast, Alison Gopnik and host Jason Gots discuss play, artificial intelligence, and the trouble with "parenting" as a verb.