DeepMind launches 'The Economics of Intelligence' with Shane Legg to map AGI's economic impact
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-31
Google DeepMind researchers Alex Oleg, Andrew Koh and Shane Legg released 'The Economics of Intelligence', the first in a research program on AGI economics. It defines thresholds of economic capability (e.g. minimal AGI) based on how they transform the economy, then tracks how market structure, employment and wages shift across capability regimes — noting that exponential agent capability gains haven't yet shown up in broader economic metrics. Commenters flag agent coordination as an understudied empirical area worth more work.
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