Full Bio:
Erik Brynjolfsson is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of technology and artificial intelligence. He is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He also is the Ralph Landau Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Professor by Courtesy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Department of Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
One of the most-cited authors on the economics of information, Brynjolfsson was among the first researchers to measure productivity contributions of IT and the complementary role of organizational capital and other intangibles. Brynjolfsson leads Stanford’s work on Transformative AI—systems poised to rapidly reshape productivity, labor markets, and prosperity. He is developing the research agenda, tools, and policy frameworks to help ensure this shift benefits society, bringing together economists, technologists, and social scientists to rethink economics for the AI age.
Brynjolfsson has authored nine books including the bestseller The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, and Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, and published more than 100 academic articles and five patents. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Harvard University in applied mathematics and decision sciences and a PhD from MIT in managerial economics. Brynjolfsson’s work has shaped public policy, business strategy, and academic thinking around the world.
200 Word Bio:
Erik Brynjolfsson is a global expert on the economics of technology and AI. He is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He also is the Ralph Landau Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Professor by Courtesy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Department of Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
A leading voice on the economics of information, Brynjolfsson was among the first to quantify IT’s impact on productivity and the role of intangibles like organizational capital. At Stanford, he leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to rapidly reshape productivity, labor markets, and prosperity—developing frameworks to help ensure this shift benefits society.
Brynjolfsson has written nine books including the bestseller The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, and Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, and published more than 100 academic articles and five patents. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Harvard University in applied mathematics and decision sciences and a PhD from MIT in managerial economics.
125 Word Bio:
Erik Brynjolfsson is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), where he directs the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He studies how AI and related technologies reshape productivity, work, and living standards, and how we can ensure their benefits are broadly shared. His current research on Transformative AI examines the economic implications of increasingly capable AI systems. Brynjolfsson is the co-author of nine books, including the bestsellers The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd and over 200 academic articles. Brynjolfsson holds five patents and is the cofounder Workhelix, a company that helps enterprises measure and realize AI's potential across their workforce. He holds a PhD from MIT and degrees in applied mathematics and decision sciences from Harvard.
100 Word Bio:
Erik Brynjolfsson is a global expert on the economics of technology and AI. He is a Stanford Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and holds appointments at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Department of Economics. At Stanford, he leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to rapidly reshape productivity, labor markets, and prosperity—developing frameworks to help ensure this shift benefits society.
50 Word Bio:
Erik Brynjolfsson is a Stanford Professor, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He leads research on Transformative AI—systems poised to reshape the economy—developing frameworks to help ensure it benefits society.