Joel Becker from METR calls for economists to mobilize on AI cognitive labor risks
Joel Becker, a researcher at METR, posted a call urging economists to address AI development. He linked to his Substack article titled 'Economists, mobilize' and noted that major AI companies are building systems to substitute for human cognitive labor with capability trends showing no slowdown. Becker referenced an assessment of greater than 10 percent probability that AI will exceed human-level performance on virtually all non-physical tasks within ten years and compared the needed response to his March 2020 experience during early COVID-19 border closures and to World War II urgency. Alex Imas replied indicating engagement.
#1553Joel Becker@JOEL_BKRnew (spicy) post from me: "Economists, mobilize"
economics ideas are extremely helpful for understanding AI, but academia is dropping the ball.
now is the time for economists to work on the most important problems in AI and to loudly encourage colleagues to do the same.
post link: https://joelbkr.substack.com/p/economists-mobilize
Joel Becker@joel_bkrnew (spicy) post from me: "Economists, mobilize" economics ideas are extremely helpful for understanding AI, but academia is dropping the ball. now is the time for economists to work on the most important problems in AI and to loudly encourage colleagues to do the same.
#1553Joel Becker@JOEL_BKRif any economics profs would want help in securing funding to work on big AI questions, please please get in touch.
Joel Becker@joel_bkrnew (spicy) post from me: "Economists, mobilize" economics ideas are extremely helpful for understanding AI, but academia is dropping the ball. now is the time for economists to work on the most important problems in AI and to loudly encourage colleagues to do the same.
#1553Joel Becker@JOEL_BKRmany top contributors are former academics (e.g. @testingham), would have gone into econ (e.g. @leopoldasch, @tamaybes), or have joined AI orgs to do their best work (e.g. @whitfill_parker, @alexolegimas).
imagine if this were true for monetary policy!!
Joel Becker@joel_bkrnew (spicy) post from me: "Economists, mobilize" economics ideas are extremely helpful for understanding AI, but academia is dropping the ball. now is the time for economists to work on the most important problems in AI and to loudly encourage colleagues to do the same.
@joel_bkr doing my part sir🫡
Joel Becker@joel_bkrnew (spicy) post from me: "Economists, mobilize" economics ideas are extremely helpful for understanding AI, but academia is dropping the ball. now is the time for economists to work on the most important problems in AI and to loudly encourage colleagues to do the same.
