May 9, 2024 –
May 10, 2024
AICE – AI, Cognition, and the Economy | Spring 2024 Workshop
Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4)
Location: Microsoft Research New England
Day 1 | May 9, 2024
Thursday will be at Microsoft New England:
1 Memorial Drive – Cambridge MA 02142
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 8:45 AM–9:30 AM | Check in and optional breakfast |
| 9:30 AM–10:00 AM | Welcome and overview of AI, Cognition, and the Economy Sonia Jaffe, Microsoft Research |
| 10:00 AM–11:05 AM | AI and tasks Moderator: Rem Koning, Harvard Business School Presenters: Emma Wiles, MIT [Slides] Ruyu Chen, Stanford University Ben Edelman, Microsoft [Slides] |
| 11:05 AM–11:20 AM | Break |
| 11:20 AM–12:30 PM | Jobs and AI Moderator: Danielle Li, MIT Presenters: Eleanor Dillon, Microsoft Research Mert Demirer, MIT Manuel Hoffmann, Harvard Business School [Slides] |
| 12:30 PM–1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM–2:15 PM | Keynote: Pause Artificial Intelligence Research? An economic interpretation of the concerns highlighted in 2023’s A.I. Pause Letter Moderator: David Rothschild, Microsoft Research Presenter: Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto [Slides] |
| 2:15 PM–2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM–3:30 PM | Focused discussion |
| 3:30 PM–4:45 PM | Guidelines for AI development Moderator: Katy Ilonka Gero, Harvard University Presenters: John Horton, MIT & NBER Simon Friis, Harvard Business School [Slides] Michael Impink, HEC Paris [Slides] Emaad Manzoor, Cornell University [Slides] |
| 4:45 PM–5:00 PM | Close Dan Goldstein, Microsoft Research |
| 5:00 PM–5:30 PM | Transition to drinks and dinner |
| 5:30 PM–6:15 PM | Drinks |
| 6:15 PM–8:00 PM | Dinner |
Day 2 | May 10, 2024
Friday will be at Microsoft New England:
1 Memorial Drive – Cambridge MA 02142
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 8:45 AM–9:30 AM | Check in and optional breakfast |
| 9:30 AM–9:45 AM | Day 2 Opening Jake Hofman, Microsoft Research |
| 9:45 AM–11:00 AM | Markets and AI Moderator: Dongmiao Zhang, Utrecht University Presenters: Leonid Kogan, MIT Sloan School of Management [Slides] Matthew Baird, LinkedIn Economic Graph Research Institute Johanna Einsiedler, University of Copenhagen (currently visiting Institute for Data Systems and Society, MIT) |
| 11:00 AM–11:15 AM | Break |
| 11:15 AM–12:00 PM | Focused discussion |
| 12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM–2:15 PM | AI agents for modelling Moderator: Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Harvard University Presenters: Ayelet Israeli, Harvard Business School [Slides] Sophia Kazinnik, Federal Reserve [Slides] Benjamin Manning, MIT, Kehang Zhu, Harvard [Slides] |
| 2:15 PM–2:30 PM | Close Eleanor Dillon, Microsoft Research |