Ex-CEA economist pushes back on replacing staff with AI: "AI cannot cry when it loses at foosball"
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-28
Responding to the debate over Furman choosing AI over CEA staff, Ronnie Chatterji notes his junior CEA economists went on to found the Yale Budget Lab, run Treasury economic policy and a Fed institute, and publish on trade, environment and taxes — "that's what '20 staff' become. No model does that." He wouldn't trade the human connections for AI: "AI cannot cry when it loses to me in foosball." Claudia Sahm's original post said Furman's choice deserves scrutiny.
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