I did this interview with @allypengelly where we discussed some of the backstory on my lifelong quest to understand how AI is transforming the economy and why I'm a "mindful optimist".
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Steve Jurvetson Shares Future Insights on Technology and Innovation
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Steve Jurvetson has a knack for seeing the future more clearly than just about anyone. Here are some of his insights from his visit to my Lab. @FutureJurvetson @Stanford @DigEconLab
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Research Summary on AI Safety and Economic Impacts
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Here's a crisp summary by @EconChrisClarke of some of the key findings of our Canaries in the Coal Mine, the counter arguments, the counter-counter arguments and the complementary research by others. @BharatKChandar @RuyuChen https://t.co/fKofOmVcLn
— Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn) 20 avril 2026Here's a crisp summary by @EconChrisClarke of some of the key findings of our Canaries in the Coal Mine, the counter arguments, the counter-counter arguments and the complementary research by others. @BharatKChandar @RuyuChen
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AI Naming Strategy Could Boost Mainstream Adoption Rates
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AI should have been named IA. Millions more people would have embraced it to boost their everyday performance. It's something I discuss in my new @MasterClass
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AI Empowers Small Teams to Boost Productivity and Output
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AI can power small teams to boost output, write @saraheneedleman in @BusinessInsider
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africa.businessinsider.com/careers/snaps-
layoffs-highlight-growing-work-trend-ai-powered-tiny-teams/xw8stkt
… Here's my quote: "The winners won't simply be the leanest organizations," [Brynjolfsson] said. "They'll be the ones that best redesign work so humans and AI complement -
Unlock AI Tools Full Potential with New MasterClass
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Most people are only getting a fraction of the value they could be getting from AI tools. It's a huge "capabilities overhang". Along with the amazing Cat Goetze and Parth Patil, I've created a @MasterClass that quickly shows you how to operate at the scale of a small team with
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AI Index 2026 Released: Data on AI Authors and Inventors
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See data on the net flow of AI authors and inventors and thousands of other insights in the #AIIndex2026, released today.
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General-Purpose Technology Adoption Requires Complementary Organizational Investment
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Here's my take (aka the good old productivity J-curve): “The biggest gains from a powerful general-purpose technology usually arrive only after firms invest in the complements: reorganizing workflows, retraining workers, redesigning processes and building the intangible capital
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GDP Growth Without Job Growth: Economic Paradox Explained
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Here's a terrific article today by @HarrietTorry about why GDP is growing but employment isn't.
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Formal Game Theory vs Psychological Common Knowledge in AI
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That's a bit too harsh. Here's ChatGPT's summary: Probably not a misunderstanding in the strict sense. It looks more like Pinker is using a psychological, operationalized version of common knowledge rather than insisting on the fully formal game-theoretic one. In the formal