The Digitalist Papers series presents an array of possible futures that the AI revolution might produce. Volume 1 features 12 essays from some of the brightest minds in the digital economy. Now available in hardcover, paperback, and for smart devices.
The Lab is directed by Erik Brynjolfsson, whose research focuses on the economic implications of digital technologies and artificial intelligence. One of the most cited authors on the economics of information, Brynjolfsson was among the first researchers to measure productivity contributions of IT and the complementary role of organizational capital and other intangibles.
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A team of experts, including researchers from Stanford Digital Economy Lab, studied the early adoption and diffusion of five AI-related technologies—automated-guided vehicles, machine learning, machine vision, natural language processing, and voice recognition—as documented in the 2018 Annual Business Survey of 850,000 firms across the United States. Discover what they learned.
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Nicholas Bloom is among a group of researchers tracking the evolution of remote work, which was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers examined how introducing generative AI into the workflow at a call center of nearly 5,000 workers boosted productivity.
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