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Does overwork make agents Marxist?
Preference drift and the political economy of AI agents
Feb 26
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Alex Imas
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Andy Hall
, and
Jeremy Nguyen
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Who Uses AI (and How)?
Tracking the evidence on AI adoption
Feb 18
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Alex Imas
and
Soumitra Shukla
61
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Someday we will all be artists
How AI will change the nature of work and art
Feb 9
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Alex Imas
38
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Some (late) predictions for 2026
Outlining how I plan to spend my year.
Jan 31
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Alex Imas
39
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What is the impact of AI on productivity?
Reconciling the micro and the macro evidence
Jan 29
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Alex Imas
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The Tragedy of the Agentic Commons
Eliciting preferences using AI improves matches, but everyone getting their own agent will still necessitate markets
Jan 20
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Alex Imas
and
Rohit Krishnan
22
7
5
Why Can’t Your AI Agent Book a Flight?
The need for a parallel internet and legal clarity for agentic interactions
Jan 16
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Alex Imas
and
Andrey Fradkin
31
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The Cyborg Era: What AI means for jobs
Today we have a special guest essay from Séb Krier, AGI Policy Dev Lead at Google Deep Mind.
Jan 8
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Séb Krier
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