People with economics training often make the most grounded AI takes, says one observer
curious_vii · x · 2026-07-28
Over the past four years, the author says the people at the Pareto frontier of “interesting AI takes” and “grounded in reality” have often had formal economics training, at least by education.
It is framed as a small but consistent pattern rather than a hard rule.
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