Maintaining Optimism in a World of AI Opportunity and Risk - John Bailey, Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute

On this episode of In AI We Trust? , EqualAI President and CEO Miriam Vogel and EqualAI Senior Advisor Nuala O’Connor sit down with John Bailey, Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on the intersection of technology and innovation in areas such as education and the workforce, and how to leverage the benefits of emerging technologies while minimizing the risks. John shares his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities that AI presents, including in education, healthcare/mental health and the workforce, and why he is optimistic about the future of AI and new possibilities being opened up by generative AI and agentic AI. He also shares his thoughts on the importance of AI literacy and ensuring people’s trust in AI, as well as ways that AI frontier labs, educators and others can help guide a path toward safe and beneficial AI adoption.

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Maintaining Optimism in a World of AI Opportunity and Risk - John Bailey, Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute is an episode from In AI we Trust? by Miriam Vogel.

This episode is 47:35 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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