Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025
9:00 am PDT
San Francisco, CA
Summary
Anton Korinek, Professor at the University of Virginia, Department of Economics and Darden School of Business, delivered a live presentation on the economics of transformative AI on April 22, 2025.
Following his presentation, Professor Korinek answered live and pre-submitted questions with our host moderator, Huiyu Li, co-head of the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN) and research advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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About the Speaker
Anton Korinek is a Professor at the University of Virginia, Department of Economics and Darden School of Business as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Brookings Institution, a Senior Researcher at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, a Research Associate at the NBER, and a Research Fellow at the CEPR. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 2007 after several years of work experience in the IT and financial sectors. He has also worked at Johns Hopkins and at the University of Maryland and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, the World Bank, the IMF, the BIS and numerous central banks.
His research analyzes how to prepare for a world of transformative AI systems and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and TIME Magazine. He investigates the implications of advanced AI for economic growth, labor markets, inequality, and the future of our society. In his past research, he investigated the mechanics of financial crises and developed policy measures to prevent future crises, including an influential framework for capital flow regulation in emerging economies.