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DeepMind Institute Launches to Study AGI Economics
DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg unveiled the DeepMind Institute for interdisciplinary AGI impact research, followed by a new AGI economics research group and its first intelligence economics project.
2026-10-29 ~ 2026-10-30 · 2 episodes · 7 posts
Episode 1 · DeepMind Institute Launches with Essays on AGI Economics and Work (2026-10-29, 4 posts)
DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg announced the launch of the DeepMind Institute, debuting two essays on AGI's interdisciplinary impact. One argues AI's labor impact will be gradual then abrupt, with coordination breaking the Coasean ceiling; the other stresses that work's value exceeds wages and policy must protect its non-monetary meaning.
- DeepMind launches Institute with new essays on the economics of intelligence and the future of work — ShaneLegg · 2026-10-29
- DeepMind launches AGI economics program: coordination, not competence, drives transformation — ShaneLegg · 2026-10-29
- DeepMind paper: AI displaces jobs gradually within firms, suddenly when AI firms win — paulnovosad · 2026-10-29
- DeepMind essay: work's value goes far beyond pay, and AGI-era policy must protect it — ShaneLegg · 2026-10-30
Episode 2 · DeepMind Launches AGI Economics Research Group with First Paper (2026-10-30, 3 posts)
Google DeepMind has set up an AGI economics research group led by Alex Olegimas, Andrew Koh, and Shane Legg, releasing the first output "The Economics of Intelligence," which defines economic capability thresholds to track AI's impact on employment and wages.
- DeepMind launches AGI economics research program with The Economics of Intelligence paper — soumitrashukla9 · 2026-10-30
- DeepMind launches AGI economics research program with "The Economics of Intelligence" — soumitrashukla9 · 2026-10-30
- DeepMind launches Economics of Intelligence program on how AGI thresholds reshape jobs and wages — soumitrashukla9 · 2026-10-30