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Erik Brynjolfsson
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Erik Brynjolfsson is an American academic and author whose research examines information technology productivity, artificial intelligence economics and the digital economy.
Biography
Erik Brynjolfsson is an American academic, author and inventor. At Stanford University, he holds the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professorship and serves as a Senior Fellow. He directs the Digital Economy Lab at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, with appointments at SIEPR, the Department of Economics and the Graduate School of Business.
Brynjolfsson’s research addresses information technology productivity, the economics of information, the economics of artificial intelligence and the broader digital economy. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. From 1990 to 2020, he was a professor at MIT. His books include The Second Machine Age, written with Andrew McAfee, which examines how digital technologies are reshaping economic activity and work.
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Books by Erik Brynjolfsson
The Second Machine Age
The Second Machine Age examines how digital technologies are transforming lives and the economy, creating new benefits while disrupting professions and businesses. Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee discuss strategies for adapting to these changes, including redesigning education for the emerging economy.