Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker, Organizers

September 19-20, 2024

Format: 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion, and 15 minutes for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, September 19
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm
Introductions
1:00 pm
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Daniel Huttenlocher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asuman Ozdaglar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Siderius, Dartmouth College

Online Business Models, Digital Ads, and User Welfare
Discussant: Joshua Tucker, New York University
1:45 pm
Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles
Bledi Taska, SkyHive
Pinar Yildirim, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Automation, Career Values, and Political Preferences
Discussant: Italo Colantone, Bocconi University
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Laura Blattner, Stanford University
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
Jann Spiess, Stanford University

Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Decisions
Discussant: Hong Luo, University of Toronto
3:30 pm
Steven Callander, Stanford University
Hongyi Li, University of New South Wales

Regulating an Innovative Industry
Discussant: Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER
4:15 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Paul Scharre, CNAS

Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (slides)
Discussants: Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Pedro Domingos, University of Washington
4:31 pm
Moderator: Janice Stein, University of Toronto
5:30 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Reception and Dinner at The St. Regis Toronto
Friday, September 20
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Keynote: Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Artificial Intelligence, the Economy and Central Banking
9:15 am
Annie Liang, Northwestern University
Jay Lu, University of California, Los Angeles
Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University
Kyohei Okumura, Princeton University

Algorithm Design: A Fairness-Accuracy Frontier
Discussant: Dirk Bergemann, Yale University
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Bryony Reich, Northwestern University

AI and Nation Building
Discussant: Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford

Turning Straw into Gold: Novel Productive Factors and Innovation Under Contested Property Rights
Discussant: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn