Brynjolfsson, Ajay and Korinek lay out nine grand challenges for economists in the AI era
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-23
Erik Brynjolfsson, Ajay and Anton Korinek published a new piece in CACM outlining nine "grand challenges" for economists responding to transformative AI — a research agenda spanning work, growth, inequality and more, with the full agenda hosted by the Digital Economy Lab.
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