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NYU Professor Rob Seamans and Michael Impink provide key takeaways from this year’s Economics of Robots Conference. Topics discussed include trends on robot adoption, generative AI, and impact of robots on human labor.

Given the recent dramatic increases in AI language modeling capabilities, Professors Ed Felten (Princeton), Rob Seamans (New York University), and Manav Raj (University of Pennsylvania) collaborated to explore how ChatGPT and other AI language modelers will affect jobs and industries.

Stanford Professor Erik Brynjolfsson discusses the perils of focusing AI development on systems that outmatch human capabilities as opposed to systems that complement humans.

Introduction to several recent articles by TAP scholars that explore the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on gender equity, algorithmic decision-making, cost and rating collusion, free speech, and trade secrecy.

In a new paper, Michael Impink, doctoral candidate in Strategy at NYU Stern School of Business, examines the tradeoff between efficiencies gained from outsourcing IT and the ability to differentiate digital products.

A recap of some of the books written by TAP scholars in 2022. These books examine technology policy issues ranging from the prediction power of artificial intelligence, privacy and surveillance, cybersecurity, and quantum computing.

Stanford Professor Erik Brynjolfsson talked about how humans and artificial intelligence can work together, and how AI is already changing work.

Stanford economics professor Susan Athey discusses the trends and future of artificial intelligence in the social sector. She emphasizes that universities can play a role in guiding the development of AI in directions that can be beneficial to humanity.

George Washington University law professor Daniel Solove provides his list of notable books on privacy and security from 2022.

Dr. Mando Rachovitsa, University of Groningen, delves into the court case that challenged the Dutch government’s use of an algorithmic decision-making system aimed at combatting fraud in its social welfare programs. She explains why the judgment has been lauded as a “landmark ruling“ for addressing the human rights implications of the digital welfare state .