With Math Delegated to OpenAI, Economics Research Faces a Reshuffle
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-08
A researcher predicts how social science changes once math is delegated to OpenAI: top-tier research stays human-led with AI providing scale (qualitative interviews at scale, field behavioral interventions, massive text analysis); field experiments rise in value as firm connections and running pipelines become scarce skills; administrative-data research gets more valuable, but benefits may concentrate among prolific authors.
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