AI is coming, so economic policy needs to be ready

Aug 10, 2018

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From jobs to driverless cars, policies will impact AI's diffusion and consequences. Image: REUTERS/China Daily

Ajay Agrawal

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Joshua Gans

Professor of Strategic Management and Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Avi Goldfarb

Rotman Chair in AI and Healthcare and Professor of Marketing, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

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