Josh Tyrangiel — AI for Good
Journalist Josh Tyrangiel and Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg discuss where AI is actually making things better — pushing past the hype cycle to find genuine evidence of impact.
Why we picked this
Tyrangiel ran Bloomberg Businessweek and CBS News — when he writes about technology, he's asking editorial questions about evidence and accountability, not building a brand.
Josh Tyrangiel, former editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and CBS News, brings a news veteran’s skepticism to the question of where AI is actually delivering. AI for Good looks past the speculative promises dominating the discourse to find documented cases where machine learning tools are meaningfully improving outcomes — in medicine, climate science, education, and governance — while also grappling honestly with the costs.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and one of the most influential figures in American political journalism, joins as conversation partner. The Wharf venue, where The Atlantic frequently co-presents events, reflects a partnership that takes intellectual honesty about technology seriously.
The conversation is valuable precisely because neither Tyrangiel nor Goldberg has a stake in AI triumphalism. For anyone fatigued by both the hype and the doomsaying, this promises a more calibrated look at what’s actually changing.