NBER Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Toronto, 19-20th September 2024

Agenda

Thursday, September 19

12:00 pm

Lunch

12:45 pm

Introductions

1:00 pm

Online Business Models and Consumer Welfare

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Daniel Huttenlocher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Asuman Ozdaglar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

James Siderius, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

Discussant:

Joshua Tucker, New York University

1:45 pm

Automation, Career Values, and Political Preferences

Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles

Bledi Taska, SkyHive

Pinar Yildirim, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:

Italo Colantone, Bocconi University

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Decisions

Laura Blattner, Stanford University

Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago

Jann Spiess, Stanford University

Discussant:

Jeanine Miklós-Thal, University of Rochester

3:30 pm

Regulating an Innovative Industry

Steven Callander, Stanford University

Hongyi Li, University of New South Wales

Discussant:

Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER

4:15 pm

Break

4:30 pm

Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Paul Scharre, CNAS

Discussants:

Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER

Pedro Domingos, University of Washington

Moderator: Janice Stein, University of Toronto

5:30 pm

Adjourn

7:00 pm

Reception and Dinner at The St. Regis Toronto

Friday, September 20

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Keynote: Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Title TBA

9:15 am

Algorithm Design: A Fairness-Accuracy Frontier

Annie Liang, Princeton University

Jay Lu, University of California, Los Angeles

Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University

Kyohei Okumura, Princeton University

Discussant:

Dirk Bergemann, Yale University

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

AI and Nation Building

Bryony Reich, Northwestern University

Discussant:

Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER

11:15 am

The Innovator's Gamble: Political Power to Shape Regulation

Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford

Discussant:

Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER

12:00 pm

Lunch and Adjourn