NBER Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Toronto, 22nd September 2023

Papers

The seventh annual NBER Economics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference was held on September 22, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.  The conference, which is made possible by the generous support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, showcased research on a broad range of AI-related issues. It was co-organized by NBER researchers Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb of the University of Toronto, and Catherine Tucker of MIT.  Papers from the sixth conference are available at:

The A.I. Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk

Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER

This paper was distributed as Working Paper 31837, where an updated version may be available.

Discussant:

Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER

Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation

Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER

Sendhil Mullainathan, University of Chicago and NBER

This paper was distributed as Working Paper 31017, where an updated version may be available.

Discussant:

John McHale, University of Galway

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

Tyna Eloundou, OpenAI

Sam J. Manning, OpenResearch

Pamela Mishkin, OpenAI

Daniel Rock, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:

Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University

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 and NBER

Meng Liu, Washington University in St. Louis

This paper was distributed as Working Paper 29880, where an updated version may be available.

Discussant:

Emilio Calvano, LUISS University

Automation and the Rise of Superstar Firms

Hamid Firooz, University of Rochester

Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Yajie Wang, University of Missouri

Discussant:

Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Privacy Preserving Signals

Kai Hao Yang, Yale University

Philipp Strack, Yale University

Discussant:

Shota Ichihashi, Queen's University

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