Alex Imas
Person on 2 sites
Behavioural economist at Chicago Booth, professor of behavioural science and economics and director of AGI economics at Google DeepMind.
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2026-06-04 -
18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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What stays scarce when almost everything is automated is the relational sector: goods and services whose value depends on a human having been in the loop. (opens korrents.com)
“Something like the relational sector, which is what I defined as, um, you know, basically services and goods where the fact that the human was in the loop was actually part of the value of that product.”
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Individual economists' forecasts about AI and the labour market are close to worthless, and aggregated forecasts from prediction markets should replace them. (opens korrents.com)
“rather than thinking about individual forecasts like what me and Phil are going to do, rather looking at kind of like basically generating prediction markets, where you get aggregate forecasts, where you get like kind…”
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David Ricardo's prediction that the machines would take those jobs was exactly right, and he would still be astonished by today's employment rate. (opens korrents.com)
“And if you look at Ricardo's predictions, they're actually right. If you look at all those jobs that made money in Ricardo's time, they got automated. So, if I was David Ricardo and I woke up and somebody told me all…”
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What stays scarce when almost everything is automated is the relational sector: goods and services whose value depends on a human having been in the loop. (opens korrents.com)