The Economist assembled a visual ranking of ten economists whose work centers on AI's macroeconomic effects, plotting them from least to most transformative on productivity and labor. Stanford's Erik Brynjolfsson lands at the most optimistic end of that spectrum, reflecting his long-standing emphasis on rapid gains.
@Dr_Atoosa So, @alexolegimas is right then?
A nice piece in the Economist today about projections of AI’s economic impacts
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/06/15/meet-the-worlds-top-ai-pilled-economists
The ranking highlights a spread of views rather than consensus, with some economists tied to tech firms and others in academia. Full details on every projection remain behind the paywall, leaving the exact spread of expected timelines or productivity multipliers unclear.
Brynjolfsson's top spot aligns with his public record of bullish productivity forecasts, yet the article itself offers no new numbers to test against real-world adoption data. Readers are left to weigh whether these expert intuitions will track actual labor-market shifts.
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Just a few more O*NET studies should resolve this controversy once and for all
A nice piece in the Economist today about projections of AI’s economic impacts
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/06/15/meet-the-worlds-top-ai-pilled-economists
@Dr_Atoosa No one thinks this is the correct ranking of these economists by their AGI pilled-ness.