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Resources & Recommendations
Books
- "The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Results" by Ian Ayres - This book is mentioned as a concept to understand productivity changes during technological waves.
Videos & Documentaries
- "The Solo Paradox" - Mentioned as a historical parallel to current discussions about technology adoption and productivity.
Research & Studies
- "Danish Paper" by Anders Holm - A study on the adoption of AI across Danish workers, highlighting heterogeneity among workers and firms.
- Work by researchers out of UMass Boston - Mentioned in the context of work on summarization capabilities of current AI technology.
People Mentioned
- David Autor (MIT) - Credited with the idea that generative AI can free tacit expertise.
- Raffaella Sadun (Harvard Business School) - Guest speaker, Professor of Business Administration.
- Ben Waber (MIT) - Guest speaker, Visiting Scientist and Lecturer.
Organizations & Institutions
- MIT - Affiliation of guest speakers Ben Waber and David Autor.
- Harvard Business School - Affiliation of guest speaker Raffaella Sadun.
- UMass Boston - Institution where researchers are working on AI summarization.
Websites & Online Resources
- ChatGPT - Used to generate interview questions for the podcast episode.
- Mechanical Turk - Historically used for data labeling tasks.
Other Resources
- Computer Mouse - Discussed as an example of a technology whose productivity effects have not been extensively studied.
- Typewriter - Used as an example of a past technology whose employment effects are still being analyzed.