Anton is a Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. He works on the economics of transformative AI and offers a MOOC on the topic. Previously he conducted research on financial crises, and worked in the IT and financial sectors.
Advances in artificial intelligence and automation have the potential to be labor-saving and to increase inequality and poverty around the globe. They also give rise to winner-takes-all dynamics th...
The covid-19 pandemic has necessitated interventions that reduce physical contact among people, with dire effects on our economy. By some estimates, a quarter of all jobs in the economy require physical interaction and are thus...
Progress in artificial intelligence and related forms of automation technologies threatens to reverse the gains that developing countries and emerging markets have experienced from integrating into the world economy over the...
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