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About

The Elasticity Institute is a group of economists studying the economics of transformative AI. We produce timely and rigorous research to inform AI researchers, policymakers, economists, and the broader public about AI progress and its impacts.

Research

The Economics of Recursive Self-Improvement

Tom Cunningham* · Lukas Althoff · Basil Halperin · Brian Jabarian · Andrew Koh · Arjun Ramani · Phil Trammell · Parker Whitfill · Cheryl Wu *Lead author

Current Members

Lukas Althoff

Lukas Althoff

Stanford University

Tom Cunningham

Tom Cunningham

METR

Basil Halperin

Basil Halperin

University of Virginia

Brian Jabarian

Brian Jabarian

Carnegie Mellon University and Google AI

Andrew Koh

Andrew Koh

Columbia University

Arjun Ramani

Arjun Ramani

MIT

Phil Trammell

Phil Trammell

Stanford DEL and Epoch AI

Parker Whitfill

Parker Whitfill

METR

Cheryl Wu

Cheryl Wu

Yale University