Anthropic's AI economics report criticized for ignoring economic feedback loops
ziv_ravid · x · 2026-09-15
Eran Shir released a short film, "The Economy Didn't Get the Memo," criticizing Anthropic's new AI economics report for modeling AI's job impact like "counting everyone who made a living from horses" to predict the car — missing the economy's key re-alignment feedback loop.
Core argument:
- Economies are full of feedback loops: people, companies, prices, and institutions all adapt
- Any model ignoring those responses may look precise but its unemployment forecasts deserve heavy skepticism
- The retweeter adds that prediction is inherently hard when adaptive behavior dominates
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