DeepMind launches AGI economics research program with The Economics of Intelligence paper
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-30
Google DeepMind researchers Alex Olegimas, Andrew Koh, and Shane Legg released The Economics of Intelligence, the first in a series on how AGI will transform the economy.
- Defines thresholds of economic capabilities (e.g., minimal AGI) based on how capability improvements transform the economy
- Tracks how market structure, employment, and wages shift during transitions across capability regimes
- Motivated by exponential gains in what AI agents can do versus limited understanding of broader economic effects
- Economist Daniel Rock calls it foundational for thinking about where the economy is headed
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