Economics of Artificial Intelligence Conference
Organized by Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Microsoft, and Microsoft Github
September 22, 2023
Shangri-La Hotel Toronto, Queen's Park Ballroom, 188 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5H 0A3 Canada
Format: 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion, and 15 minutes for Q&A.
Thursday, September 21
6:30 pm
Group Dinner
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Dual Citizen Restaurant, lobby level
(across the street from the Shangri-La)
Friday, September 22
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome and Introductions:
Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
8:50 am
Keynote:
Governor Lisa D. Cook, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
9:15 am

The A.I. Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk

Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation

Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER
Sendhil Mullainathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
John McHale, University of Galway
11:15 am

GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models

Tyna Eloundou, OpenAI
Sam J. Manning, Center for Governance of AI
Pamela Mishkin, OpenAI
Daniel Rock, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Does Human-Algorithm Feedback Loop Lead to Error Propagation? Evidence from Zillow’s Zestimate

Runshan Fu, New York University
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Meng Liu, Washington University in St Louis

Discussant:
Emilio Calvano, LUISS University
1:45 pm

Automation and the Rise of Superstar Firms

Hamid Firooz, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Yajie Wang, University of Missouri

Discussant:
Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Privacy Preserving Signals

Kai Hao Yang, Yale University
Philipp Strack, Yale University

Discussant:
Shota Ichihashi, Queen's University
3:45 pm

The Value of External Data for Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Search Suggestions

Xiaoxia Lei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yixing Chen, Notre Dame University
Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
4:30 pm
Wrap up and closing remarks:
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn