Humans of AI3SD: Simone Vannuccini

This interview forms part of the Humans of AI3SD Series.Simone Vannuccini is a lecturer in the Economics of Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Business School. At the University of Sussex, Dr Vannuccini co-convenes the Research Mobilisation Group on Artificial Intelligence, is the deputy director of the Future of Work Hub, and the convenor of the SPRU Freeman Seminars. His research focuses on microeconomics of innovation and more precisely on the ‘regular irregularities’ of technical change: in particular, he studies the nature of ‘general purpose technologies’ and their impact on industrial dynamics.In this Humans of AI3SD interview he discusses shedding light on the hype of AI, the challenges of academic tribes and community building, and the future of work