Tracking the evidence on AI adoption

How AI will change the nature of work and art

Outlining how I plan to spend my year.

Essays on the economics of AI and technological change. Click to read Ghosts of Electricity, by Alex Imas, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Reconciling the micro and the macro evidence

Eliciting preferences using AI improves matches, but everyone getting their own agent will still necessitate markets

The need for a parallel internet and legal clarity for agentic interactions

Considering the role of demand in the economics of AI

Revisiting the Lucas Critique in the age of Transformers.

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Essays on the economics of AI and technological change. Click to read Ghosts of Electricity, by Alex Imas, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Considering the role of demand in the economics of AI

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YouTube video by Behavior Change For Good Initiative

Alex Imas and Richard Thaler teamed up to update a landmark book in behavioral economics. In doing so, they chart where behavioral economics began, where it is now, and where it could go next.

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Chicago Booth’s Alex Imas talks about perceptions of AI use in the classroom.

Abstract. Economists often measure discrimination as disparities arising from the direct effects of group identity. We develop new tools to model and measu

Abstract. Economists often measure discrimination as disparities arising from the direct effects of group identity. We develop new tools to model and measu

Researchers gave AI a way to evaluate and calibrate its own uncertainty.

AI, designed to mimic the appearance of human reasoning, also forms predictions about the economy in human-like ways.

The university said it has no confidence in a widely circulated paper by an economics graduate student.

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into work and educational settings is rapidly increasing, yet accurately gauging its adoption remains a challeng