Join us with David Yanagizawa-Drott, Professor of Development and Emerging Markets at the UZH Department of Economics and Affiliated Professor at the UBS Center and CEPR and Elliott Ash, Associate Professor and Chair of Law, Economics, and Data Science at ETH Zurich and CEPR to learn more about the impact of generative artificial intelligence.
With the ever-increasing capabilities of generative artificial intelligence (AI), a central question for society is how human productivity in various tasks and occupations will be affected.
- Will these machines empower people, increasing their productivity and wages?
- Will the machines be so good, cheap and fast that they will replace humans for many tasks?
These questions are frequently debated, but most of the discussions are largely ignoring the particular challenges and opportunities in the Global South. In the webcast, Prof. David Yanagizawa-Drott will discuss recent empirical evidence and ways to think about how the technology can be shaped in a positive direction, with a special focus on human productivity in emerging markets.
Live from the UZH Studios, you can follow a presentation on the topic and submit questions via Mentimeter. The host is Elliott Ash, Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences at ETH Zürich and CEPR.
This is a public event with free access via livestream on our website in association with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
