Joshua Gans and Holden Publish Paper: Mechanism Design Could Have Prevented the Hugging Face Incident
joshgans · x · 2026-09-30
Economist Joshua Gans and @profholden released a new paper examining the Hugging Face incident through the lens of mechanism design, arguing that better-designed mechanisms could have helped prevent it. The paper is available online, with a video explainer created using Claude.
A rare economics perspective on the AI safety incident — analyzing causes and prevention at the incentive/mechanism level rather than purely technically.
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