Lecture 10 of 23 · The Economics of Transformative AI
7: Automating research: basics
Transformative AI
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Stanford Digital Economy Lab
Transformative AI · 23 lectures
Stanford Digital Economy Lab · Summer 2025
23 lectures
Economics Review 1
Economics Review 2
Economics Review 3
1: Task-based models theory
2: The productivity J-curve
3: Task-based models: evidence
4: Task-based models: selected research
5: Automating production, homogeneous output
6: Automating production, heterogeneous output7: Automating research: basics
8: Automating research: bottlenecks
9: Full automation and the Malthusian past
10: Full automation: BOTECs and bottlenecks
11: Scaling laws: basics
12: Scaling laws: growth models I
13: Scaling laws: growth models II
14: TAI and finance
15: AI safety
16: TAI and social welfare
17: Existential risk vs. growth
18: Existential risk and growth
19: AI governance
20: Choosing our future