15.567  The Economics of Information

Thanks, and Course evaluation

It was a real pleasure teaching you a bit about the Economics of Information this fall. I love this material and feel fortunate to be able to discuss it with students like you here at MIT.

If you haven't done so already, please take a few minutes to fill out a course evaluation for 15.567. Here's the link: http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/

I read every one of them and take your comments very seriously, so thank you in advance for taking the time to do this (and for filling out the in-class questionnaire last week -- what can I say, I'm data-driven!)

I wish each of you the best of luck in applying the concepts and insights we discussed in class. I hope I will get a chance to invite you back to MIT as a guest speaker some day.

All the best,

Erik

Announced on 26 October 2016  6:06  a.m. by Erik Brynjolfsson

More on AI

I hope you all enjoyed the visit from Mustafa Suleyman. He's just doubled the size of his team at Deepmind Health (from 20 to 40) so there's lots of room for growth there.

For those of you who are interested in learning more about Artificial Intelligence and its effects on society and economy here a couple of reports that came out early this month.

1. The White House Report on Preparing of the Future of AI:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/whitehouse_files/microsites/ostp/NSTC/preparing_for_the_future_of_ai.pdf

2. The Inaugural Report of the 100 Year Study on AI
https://ai100.stanford.edu/2016-report

Enjoy!

Erik

Announced on 23 October 2016  2:50  p.m. by Erik Brynjolfsson

REMINDER: Final assignment due at 1pm on Thursday, October 20th

Just a reminder that the due date for the final assignment has been pushed back to 1pm on Thursday, October 20th. Please submit your assignment on Stellar BEFORE CLASS.

Thank you!

Announced on 18 October 2016  2:26  p.m. by Aaron Edward Kelley

Optional Session on Online Experiments moved to E62-223

Today's optional session will take place in E62-223 at 1pm today. Sagit Bar-Gill will be discussing Online Experiments.

Announced on 07 October 2016  10:14  a.m. by Aaron Edward Kelley

Optional Session on Analytics of Peer-to-Peer Markets moved to E62-687

Today's optional session will take place in E62-687 at 1pm today. Andrey Fradkin will discuss the Economics and Data Science of Peer-to-Peer Markets.

Announced on 30 September 2016  12:01  p.m. by Ronald Paul Marconet