Journal Articles & Other Publications

Generative AI Is Still Just a Prediction Machine”, Harvard Business Review, Ajay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb, and Joshua Gans, Nov 18, 2024

“Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb in “Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth: Studies in Income and Wealth”, volume 83, edited by Susanto Basu, Lucy Eldridge, John Haltiwanger, and Erich Strassner, 2024.

Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges”, University of Chicago Press, co-edited with Avi Goldfarb, Joshua Gans, and Catherine Tucker, 2024.

Prediction Machines, Insurance, and Protection: An Alternative Perspective on AI's Role in Production”, with Avi Goldfarb and Joshua Gans, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies, 2024.

The Turing Transformation: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence Augmentation, and Skill Premiums”, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Data Science Review, 2024.

“Examining the Relationship Between Workplace Industry and COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-sectional Study of Canada's Largest Rapid Antigen Screening Program,” with Evgenia Gatov, Sonia Sennik, Avi Goldfarb, Joshua Gans, Janice Stein, and Laura Rosella, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, February 2024.

Examining the relationship between workplace industry and COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study of Canada’s largest rapid antigen screening program”, with Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb, Janice Stein, Sonia Sennik, and Laura Rosella, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2023.

Blast off: The space economy takes flight”, Forbes, with Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb, Chris Hadfield, and Mara Lederman, Sep 14 2023.

How Large Language Models Reflect Human Judgment’, Harvard Business Review, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, June 12, 2023.

Similarities and Differences in the Adoption of General Purpose Technologies,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, in Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth, (Susanto Basu, Lucy Eldridge, John Haltiwanger, and Erich Strassner eds.), NBER/University of Chicago Press, 2023.

From Prediction to Transformation,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review, April, 2023.

Large-scale implementation of rapid antigen testing system for COVID-19 in workplaces,” with Laura Rosella, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb, Sonia Sennik, and Janice Stein, Science Advances, 8(8), February, 2022.

False-Positive Results in Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2,with Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb, Sonia Sennik, Janice Stein, and Laura Rosella, JAMA, 327(5):485-486, January 7, 2022.

How AI will change strategy: A thought experiment,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review, Winter 2021, pp.30-31.

How to Win with Machine Learning,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review, September-October, 2020.

“The CEO’s Guide to Safely Reopening the Workplace,” (with Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb and Mara Lederman) MIT Technology Review, 28 May 2020.

Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction”, (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2019

“Adding ‘Real’ Value” (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Indian Management, April 2019.

Prediction, Judgement, and Complexity: A Theory of Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence”, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, edited by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Finding Needles in Haystacks: Artificial Intelligence and Recombinant Growth”, with John McHale and Alexander Oettl in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, co-edited by Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb and Ajay Agrawal, University of Chicago Press, 2019.

Economic policy for artificial intelligence”, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 19, National Bureau of Economic Research, eds. Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 2019.

"Prediction, Judgment and Complexity: A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence" (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb) in Ajay Agrawal et.al. (eds.), Economics of Artificial intelligence, NBER, Chicago University Press, 2019.

"Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus Judgement", with Avi Goldfarb and Joshua Gans, National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2018.

"Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence", with Avi Goldfarb and Joshua Gans, Vox CEPR Policy Portal, August 2018.

"Google’s AI Assistant Is a Reminder that Privacy and Security Are Not the Same", with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review, 2018

Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence”, monograph, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review Press, 2018.

"Companies are suddenly declaring themselves 'AI First': Why it's a problem for their current customers," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), LinkedIn Pulse, 30 April 2018.

'India Could be the Data Hub for A.I. Arrilval' by Anirudh Bhattacharya, Hindustan Times, published April 27, 2018

'Toward a National Policy on A.I.' by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, Policy Options, published April 25, 2018.

'Make sure AI is right for your business before taking the plunge' by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, The Globe & Mail, published April 14, 2018

"AI in the Boardroom," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), The Corporate Board, March/April 2018.

A Simple Tool to Start Making Decisions with the Help of AI”, with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review online, 2018.

“Is Your Company's Data Actually Valuable in the AI Era?” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review online, 2018.

"How AI Could Change Amazon: A Thought Experiment," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 3rd October 2017.

"Rise of AI will raise importance of good judgment," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), The Irish Times, 1 September 2017.

"How AI will change the way we make decisions," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, July 26, 2017.

"The Trade-off Every AI Company Must Face," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), HBR Online, 28 March 2017.

"Managing the Machines: The Challenge Ahead," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb), Rotman Magazine, Spring 2017.

What to Expect From Artificial Intelligence,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, MIT Sloan Management Review, 2017.

The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence,” with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review online, 2016.

"The Obama Administration's Roadmap for AI Policy", with Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, MIT Sloan Management Review, 2016.

'The Burgeoning Market for Artificial Intelligence' by Ajay Agrawal, The Globe and Mail, published November 24, 2016

 "The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence," (with Joshua Gans and Avi Golfdfarb), HBR Blogs, 17 November 2016.