NBER Publishes 'The Economics of Transformative AI' with 16 Studies from Top Economists
TaniaBabina · x · 2026-09-05
NBER has released The Economics of Transformative AI, edited by Ajay Agrawal, Erik Brynjolfsson, and Anton Korinek (University of Chicago Press, funded by the Sloan Foundation).
- Compiles 16 research studies from leading economists on what happens when machines think as well as or better than humans
- Covers innovation, market structure, employment, inequality, and human purpose
- Weighs opportunities (personalized algorithmic assistance, accelerated scientific discovery, new organizational forms) against challenges (labor displacement, power concentration, information ecosystem shifts, existential risk)
- Designed to give policymakers, researchers, and business leaders analytical frameworks for the coming transformation
A companion conference was held September 18-19, 2025; chapters are available online.
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