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Avi Goldfarb

@avicgoldfarb

Professor at Rotman, University of Toronto. Author, Prediction Machines, Power and Prediction.

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How quickly will workers adapt to AI-driven changes? New blog post: 𝐒𝐀𝐒π₯π₯ π’π©πžπœπ’πŸπ’πœπ’π­π² 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 π“πžπœπ‘π§π¨π₯𝐨𝐠𝐒𝐜𝐚π₯ π‚π‘πšπ§π πž: π‹πžπ¬π¬π¨π§π¬ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐒𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 by Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, Martin Beraja & Adao Link: sites.utexas.edu/macro/2025/03/…

How quickly will workers adapt to AI-driven changes?

New blog post:

𝐒𝐀𝐒π₯π₯ π’π©πžπœπ’πŸπ’πœπ’π­π² 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 π“πžπœπ‘π§π¨π₯𝐨𝐠𝐒𝐜𝐚π₯ π‚π‘πšπ§π πž: π‹πžπ¬π¬π¨π§π¬ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐒𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

by <a href="/nityanayar/">Nitya Pandalai-Nayar</a>, <a href="/MartinBeraja/">Martin Beraja</a> &amp; Adao

Link: sites.utexas.edu/macro/2025/03/…
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I think the issue is the "nudge" movement has misunderstood the point of the original "libertarian paternalism" paper and the "nudge" book. Original works argued that seemingly irrelevant factors can have an impact on behavior when *a set of conditions are met*🧡

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My lab Johns Hopkins University is recruiting research and communications professionals, and AI postdocs to advance our work ensuring that AI is safe and aligned to human well-being worldwide: We're hiring an AI Policy Researcher to conduct in-depth research into the technical and policy

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If you're passionate about building the world's first AI virtual cell model, we're hiring at XairaTherapeutics-- come join us! job-boards.greenhouse.io/xairatherapeut…

Christian Catalini (@ccatalini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ AI doesn’t need a sci-fi upgrade to upend the economyβ€”current models, and the cheaper, more capable versions already in the pipeline, are set to disrupt nearly every corner of the labor market.

1/ AI doesn’t need a sci-fi upgrade to upend the economyβ€”current models, and the cheaper, more capable versions already in the pipeline, are set to disrupt nearly every corner of the labor market.
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A thread 🧡 list of the most successful undergraduate theses/student papers of all time: 1. Fred Smith (Yale University, 1966). Proposal for an integrated air–ground delivery system. Became FedEx, a global logistics company.

Ajay Agrawal (@professor_ajay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm surprised this story is not receiving more attention. It's one of the best examples of what my coauthors, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, and I refer to as the difference between point solutions and system solutions in our book Power and Prediction. General Catalyst (GC) is

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Newly Accepted Articles 05/25 (1 of 5) "The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Privacy Regulation for Consumer Marketing by DubΓ©, Jean-Pierre; Lynch, Jr., John G.; Bergemann, Dirk; Demirer, Mert; Goldfarb, Avi; Johnson, Garrett A.; Lambrecht, Anja; Lin, Tesary;

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Do you have strong programming skills but need research experience before heading off to grad school for computational social science / business / econ? Apply now to predoc with me and David Rothschild 🌻 and jake hofman DMs open microsoft.com/en-us/research…

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The fourth annual Accelerate Conference, hosted by the University of Toronto Acceleration Consortium (AC), is set for August 11, 12, 13 and 14 at the MaRS Centre! Explore the latest advances in AI for science over four days of talks, workshops and networking. Register: 2025.accelerateconf.ca/registration

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The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind. With Joshua Gans and Ajay Agrawal. A bicycle amplifies human locomotion. Computers and AI amplify human intelligence. We model such cognitive tools, showing when they affect productivity, inequality, & teams. nber.org/papers/w34034

Andrey Fradkin (@andreyfradkin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In our new working paper, we study how to design consent mechanisms for data collection. TLDR; instead of focusing on the specific consent interface, we should focus on the frequency of consent decisions and default sharing rules.

In our new working paper, we study how to design consent mechanisms for data collection. TLDR; instead of focusing on the specific consent interface, we should focus on the frequency of consent decisions and default sharing rules.
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Our faculty member Jun Li is recruiting postdoctoral researchers to join his interdisciplinary team. His lab focuses on integrative cancer omics, functional proteomics and AI-driven bioinformatics tool development. Please share this opportunity! go.unc.edu/JunLiPostdoc

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The Dept. of Economics & Finance at Luiss Guido Carli is hiring senior faculty in Micro, Applied Micro, Macro & Finance + 2 junior APs. Join a dynamic, growing dept. Recent hires include PeydrΓ³, Cetemen, Pascali, Brownlees, Calvano #EconTwitter Apply by Sep 15 β†’luiss.edu/call-expressio…