Young Scholars Workshop on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker, Organizers
September 23, 2020
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
on Zoom.us
| Wednesday, September 23 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER Introductions |
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| 9:30 am |
The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda Required Reading: 1. Introduction to "The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda" 2. Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER AI, Organizational Capital, and Growth Required Reading: 1. Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Productivity Paradox: A Clash of Expectations and Statistics 2. The Productivity J-Curve: How Intangibles Complement General Purpose Technologies 3. Artificial Intelligence and Economic Growth Optional Reading: |
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| 12:00 pm | Break | |
| 1:00 pm |
Mara Lederman, University of Toronto and NBER Some Implications of Machine Learning for Research in Economics: Research Tools and Research Questions Required Reading: 1. The Impact of Machine Learning on Economics 2. Prediction Policy Problems 3. Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets Required 3 |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |
| 2:15 pm |
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Task Displacement, Innovation, and New Task Creation Required Reading: 1. Recommended reference reading (not required): Acemoglu and Autor (2011) 2. Recommended reading: Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo. "Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Work" in Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb (eds), The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019, 197 - 236. 3. Recommended reading: Michael Webb. "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Labor Market." Stanford University Working Paper, January 2020. 4. Main lecture slides 5. Additional slides TBA on New Task Creation |
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm |
Pascual Restrepo, Boston University and NBER Task-Displacing Technologies and Inequality Required Reading: 1. Unpacking Skill Bias: Automation and New Tasks 2. Task Displacement and Wage Inequality Slides |
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| 4:30 pm | Group Exercise - See conference portal and slack for readings | |
| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |