Dan Björkegren
@dbjork.bsky.social
Digital data/machine learning/economics, focused on developing economies. Faculty at Columbia. dan.bjorkegren.com
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Dan Björkegren
@dbjork.bsky.social
· Feb 25
New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web?
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Working on AI and human capital in low income countries? Submit to this symposium at the World Bank / GWU www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
AI & the Future of Human Capital in the Global South: A World Bank-George Washington University Knowledge Symposium
How AI-driven innovations can help address critical human capital challenges in low-income and lower-middle income countries. Call for papers: Submissions due to July 18
www.worldbank.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Working on AI and human capital in low income countries? Submit to this symposium at the World Bank / GWU www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
Reposted by Dan Björkegren
It's hard to plan for AGI without knowing what outcomes are even possible, let alone good. So we’re hosting a workshop!
Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria: Are there any good ones?
Vancouver, July 14th
www.post-agi.org
Featuring: Joe Carlsmith, @richardngo.bsky.social, Emmett Shear ... 🧵
Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria: Are there any good ones?
Vancouver, July 14th
www.post-agi.org
Featuring: Joe Carlsmith, @richardngo.bsky.social, Emmett Shear ... 🧵
Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria Workshop | Vancouver 2025
Are there any good ones? Join us in Vancouver on July 14th, 2025 to explore stable equilibria and human agency in a post-AGI world. Co-located with ICML.
www.post-agi.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's hard to plan for AGI without knowing what outcomes are even possible, let alone good. So we’re hosting a workshop!
Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria: Are there any good ones?
Vancouver, July 14th
www.post-agi.org
Featuring: Joe Carlsmith, @richardngo.bsky.social, Emmett Shear ... 🧵
Post-AGI Civilizational Equilibria: Are there any good ones?
Vancouver, July 14th
www.post-agi.org
Featuring: Joe Carlsmith, @richardngo.bsky.social, Emmett Shear ... 🧵
Reposted by Dan Björkegren
🚨The Agentic Economy🚨 new paper w/ 9 co-authors: what happens to economy with expanded agent use for both consumers & businesses? The architecture of agentic communication will determine extent to which generative AI democratizes (or restricts) access to
economic opportunity arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799
economic opportunity arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799
May 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨The Agentic Economy🚨 new paper w/ 9 co-authors: what happens to economy with expanded agent use for both consumers & businesses? The architecture of agentic communication will determine extent to which generative AI democratizes (or restricts) access to
economic opportunity arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799
economic opportunity arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799
Reposted by Dan Björkegren
🤖 Interested in machine learning, economics, and the state of AI?🤖
In September, I will teach a 1-week intensive version of my course on foundations of ML (maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo...) in our summer school.
Apply here: ouess.web.ox.ac.uk/september-su...
Spread the word!
In September, I will teach a 1-week intensive version of my course on foundations of ML (maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo...) in our summer school.
Apply here: ouess.web.ox.ac.uk/september-su...
Spread the word!
Foundations of Machine Learning
Research on machine learning, experimental design, economic inequality, and optimal policy
maxkasy.github.io
April 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🤖 Interested in machine learning, economics, and the state of AI?🤖
In September, I will teach a 1-week intensive version of my course on foundations of ML (maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo...) in our summer school.
Apply here: ouess.web.ox.ac.uk/september-su...
Spread the word!
In September, I will teach a 1-week intensive version of my course on foundations of ML (maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo...) in our summer school.
Apply here: ouess.web.ox.ac.uk/september-su...
Spread the word!
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This is alarming. The US president is personally stating plans to remove people he personally deems to be "home-grown terrorists" to indefinite imprisonment overseas
The same prison where he claims authority to send *anyone*, in secret and without criminal charges or opportunity for appeal
The same prison where he claims authority to send *anyone*, in secret and without criminal charges or opportunity for appeal
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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x.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is alarming. The US president is personally stating plans to remove people he personally deems to be "home-grown terrorists" to indefinite imprisonment overseas
The same prison where he claims authority to send *anyone*, in secret and without criminal charges or opportunity for appeal
The same prison where he claims authority to send *anyone*, in secret and without criminal charges or opportunity for appeal
Reposted by Dan Björkegren
Very important research. AI is better & cheaper for communities that don't yet use the web –– meaning it can unlock exponential gains for entire countries.
New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web?
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
April 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Very important research. AI is better & cheaper for communities that don't yet use the web –– meaning it can unlock exponential gains for entire countries.
New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web?
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
February 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web?
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397
Let's dive in... 🧵(1/X)
Reposted by Dan Björkegren
Applications are open for the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute (MLESI) 2025 are open!
If you're a graduate student, come learn about ML/AI and its uses throughout economics.
Apply by March 28. The application and more info can be found here: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
If you're a graduate student, come learn about ML/AI and its uses throughout economics.
Apply by March 28. The application and more info can be found here: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute 2025 (MLESI25)
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www.chicagobooth.edu
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Applications are open for the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute (MLESI) 2025 are open!
If you're a graduate student, come learn about ML/AI and its uses throughout economics.
Apply by March 28. The application and more info can be found here: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
If you're a graduate student, come learn about ML/AI and its uses throughout economics.
Apply by March 28. The application and more info can be found here: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/cen...
Love AI and economics? The NBER Digital and AI spring meeting will be at Stanford the day before Valentine's. Two weeks left to send us your best work! ❤️
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Digital Economics and AI Meeting, Spring 2025
www.nber.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Love AI and economics? The NBER Digital and AI spring meeting will be at Stanford the day before Valentine's. Two weeks left to send us your best work! ❤️
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
New technologies allow--and may require--new ways of organizing society. How might education, economies, and governance be rethought for an AI era? That is the topic of my new course AI Institutions at Columbia SIPA.
November 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
New technologies allow--and may require--new ways of organizing society. How might education, economies, and governance be rethought for an AI era? That is the topic of my new course AI Institutions at Columbia SIPA.