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Social•Feb 19, 2026
Digitalist Papers: Modern Roadmap for AI Governance
240 years ago, our society was in the throes of a massive technological and political transformation. The Federalist Papers helped chart a new course. The Digitalist Papers ( https://lnkd.in/gc93GQfW ) is our effort to provide an analysis and roadmap for today's AI-driven challenges and opportunities.
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Feb 9, 2026
AI, Not Interest Rates, Drives Early-Career Job Decline
Since Bharat Chandar , Ruyu Chen and I first posted our "Canaries in the Coal Mine?" paper, there has been an explosion of research seeking to assess the relationship between AI and employment, especially for early career workers in highly...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Enjoying AI Insights with Daniela Rus and Azeem Azhar
Few things in life are as much fun as talking about AI with Daniela Rus and Azeem Azhar ...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Feb 2, 2026
Discussing AI's Employment Impact and Human‑Driven Answers
This was a fun conversation. We talked about some of my research on AI's effect of employment and on productivity, as well as what we can do to improve things. They also had Gemini ask me a question, but I...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Blueprint for Integrating AI Data Into U.S. Statistics
Christos Makridis and I have a new article published by The Brookings Institution on "Counting AI: A blueprint to integrate AI investment and use data into U.S. national statistics". Christos has a great summary below. What do you think?
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Explore Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s New AI Insights Hub
Check out the new Stanford Digital Economy Lab website. It's my favorite place insights about the the effects of AI and digital technologies on the economy. If you follow the Stanford Digital Economy Lab here on linked in, you'll get...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Jan 2, 2026
AI's Future Needs a Chief Question Officer
Thanks to AI, an increasingly important job will be to manage fleets of AI agents by posing the right questions to them and evaluating their performance. Call it the rise of the CQO, the "Chief Question Officer". https://lnkd.in/geGkRSE7
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Jan 1, 2026
Waymo and Zoox Will Decide Self‑Driving Car Future
Rodney Brooks has just published his annual predictions scorecard about AI, robotics, and technology more broadly. The best part is that he's been doing this for 8 years and scrupulously checks on the accuracy of his past predictions. One small...
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Dec 29, 2025
AI Economics Research Unites Into Cohesive Narrative
Here's an exceptionally well-researched and well-written article by Marcus Weldon describing how key elements of my research on AI and economics fit together into a broader narrative.
By Erik Brynjolfsson
Social•Dec 29, 2025
If Exams Can't Beat AI, Competencies Can't Either
When an occupation has trouble developing exams that are AI-proof, it’s a sign that it will have trouble developing competencies that are AI-proof.
By Erik Brynjolfsson