In my class on AI institutions, the first assignment was to fight over what the assignments should be. That resulted in chaos--which was the lesson. AI will disrupt many parts of society. My class asks: what do we build next? 🧵 danbjork.substack.com/p/the-instit...

Will advanced AI allow lower income countries to leapfrog human knowledge work—or leave them behind? New essay here dan.bjorkegren.com/blog/2026/04...

AI labs are releasing great data on how AI is affecting the jobs of knowledge workers. But we have almost no data on how it's reaching the world's poorest. New post: statistics the labs could release next week, and what we'd learn. dan.bjorkegren.com/blog/2026/04...

Billions of people still can't use AI in their own languages. Blog post: ideas for new data markets to close the gap. www.cgdev.org/blog/roadmap...

Some AI+econ opportunities coming up: 1. Schmidt Sciences grants up to $200k www.schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/ 2. Microsoft AI economy grants $75k www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear... 3. UChicago AI in social science conference bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...

Do markets believe that AI will transform the economy? Interest rates offer a clue. New working paper: I find that long-term bond yields appear to shift in opposite directions after releases of open vs. closed AI models. (1/3)

My new essay is out in Nature: how can we learn the economic impact of AI in time? A few ideas for social science, including forward-looking experiments and piloting new institutions. rdcu.be/eUPN2

Working on AI and human capital in low income countries? Submit to this symposium at the World Bank / GWU www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

It's hard to plan for AGI without knowing what outcomes are even possible, let alone good. So we’re hosting a workshop! Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria: Are there any good ones? Vancouver, July 14th www.post-agi.org Featuring: Joe Carlsmith, @richardngo.bsky.social‬, Emmett Shear ... 🧵

🚨The Agentic Economy🚨 new paper w/ 9 co-authors: what happens to economy with expanded agent use for both consumers & businesses? The architecture of agentic communication will determine extent to which generative AI democratizes (or restricts) access to economic opportunity arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799

🤖 Interested in machine learning, economics, and the state of AI?🤖 In September, I will teach a 1-week intensive version of my course on foundations of ML (maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo...) in our summer school. Apply here: ouess.web.ox.ac.uk/september-su... Spread the word!

This is alarming. The US president is personally stating plans to remove people he personally deems to be "home-grown terrorists" to indefinite imprisonment overseas The same prison where he claims authority to send *anyone*, in secret and without criminal charges or opportunity for appeal

Very important research. AI is better & cheaper for communities that don't yet use the web –– meaning it can unlock exponential gains for entire countries.

New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web? Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper. arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397 Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)

Applications are open for the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute (MLESI) 2025 are open! If you're a graduate student, come learn about ML/AI and its uses throughout economics. Apply by March 28. The application and more info can be found here: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...

Love AI and economics? The NBER Digital and AI spring meeting will be at Stanford the day before Valentine's. Two weeks left to send us your best work! ❤️ www.nber.org/conferences/...

New technologies allow--and may require--new ways of organizing society. How might education, economies, and governance be rethought for an AI era? That is the topic of my new course AI Institutions at Columbia SIPA.