Artificial intelligence for serving individual, community, and societal values.
Christie KoExecutive Director
There’s never a dull moment at the Lab. We have a diverse set of disciplines and viewpoints, but what we all have in common is an intense curiosity and an excitement about building things for the future.
The Lab’s supportive research environment serves as a catalyst for innovative, impactful economic thinking.
Lab Director Erik Brynjolfsson speaks at Davos 2026.
In July 2026, over 200 economists and AI experts, including 17 Nobel laureates, agreed that now is the time to “build the incentives, guardrails, and institutions needed to steer AI in a direction that complements humans and benefits society.”
Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are redefining our economy. We provide the research and policy insights to ensure they redefine it for the better.
In August 2026, the authors of "Canaries in the Coal Mine?" published a revised version of their paper, with a larger set of data granting a fuller view of AI's impact on employment.
Hosted by Lab Digital Fellow Tom Mitchell, Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here? tells the history of machine learning through a series of interviews with the pioneers who built the field.
