DeepMind launches AGI economics program: coordination, not competence, drives transformation
ShaneLegg · x · 2026-10-29
Google DeepMind's Alex Imas, Andrew Koh, and co-founder/Chief AGI Scientist Shane Legg release "The Economics of Intelligence," first in a series on how AGI will change the economy (backed by the Organizational Intelligence paper). Key claims: AI capabilities have grown exponentially while the broader economy barely moved; the solo AI agent is the wrong economic object—transformation is an equilibrium outcome of competing organizations; and real economic change hinges on agents learning to coordinate, not just on competence. The group defines economic capability thresholds (e.g., minimal AGI) and tracks market structure, employment, and wages across capability regimes.
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