Anton Korinek
Professor of economics at the University of Virginia and member of Anthropic's Economic Advisory Council, focused on modeling AI's potential impacts on productivity, labor, and scenario planning.
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Dec 27, 2024 • 1h 4min
#14: Anton Korinek on AI's Economic and Workforce Impacts
Anton Korinek, a University of Virginia professor specializing in AI's economic and workforce impacts, dives into AI's transformative potential. He discusses the balance between AI-driven productivity gains and automation's threats to white-collar jobs. The conversation touches on universal basic income, career planning in the age of AI, and the need for workforce adaptation. Korinek also highlights the implications of AI in sectors like fintech and podcasting, emphasizing equitable access to technology and the necessity for reskilling workers in a rapidly evolving economy.
Nov 14, 2025 • 45min
Scaling Laws: The AI Economy and You: How AI Is, Will, and May Alter the Nature of Work and Economic Growth with Anton Korinek, Nathan Goldschlag, and Bharat Chander
In this engaging discussion, Anton Korinek, a prominent economist from the University of Virginia, Nathan Goldschlag from the Economic Innovation Group, and Bharat Chander of Stanford tackle the complex impacts of AI on jobs and the economy. They explore how AI could outperform humans, the theories behind layoff narratives, and the necessity of scenario planning for future labor shifts. They address skepticism regarding rapid automation, propose data needs for better understanding, and caution against policies that could hinder economic dynamism.
