Economists Apply Industrial Organization Theory to AI Diffusion

An author uses industrial organization economics' free-entry framework to analyze AI diffusion and AI mathematics, arguing fixed costs can cause excessive entry and that AI math appropriating human training without bearing its fixed costs distorts incentives.

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