Brynjolfsson, Agrawal and Korinek outline nine grand challenges of transformative AI in CACM
Dr_Atoosa · x · 2026-10-23
Erik Brynjolfsson, @professorajay and Anton Korinek publish a new CACM piece outlining nine "grand challenges" for research on how transformative AI will reshape work, growth, and inequality. Commenter Atoosa adds that many of these questions require interdisciplinary sociotechnical and socioeconomic perspectives, beyond pure economics or computer science.
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