Erik Brynjolfsson

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Economist, AI & productivity scholar

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AGI will create abundance

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Welcome to the economics of abundance. AI Verified source (2013)

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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In some cases, it does replace what they're doing. But at the same time, it helps people be twice or even 10 times more productive. AI Verified source (2026)

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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy

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We've really been very unbalanced in how we tax labor and capital. Let's level the playing field and not favor entrepreneurs putting people out of work by replacing them with capital. AI Unverifiable source (2022)

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The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth

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I'm pretty confident about the productivity gains and about the wealth that is going to be created. I'm really concerned that it's not going to be evenly distributed, and that a lot of people will be hurt in a significant way. AI Verified source (2026)

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