--- title: "Alex Imas · AI Fault Line" url: https://aifaultline.com/authors/alex-imas/ description: "AI Fault Line is a neutral, evidence-cited field guide to why experts looking at the same developments disagree about AI's effect on productivity, jobs, inequality, regulation and the pace of change." --- [Researchers](https://aifaultline.com/authors/) # Alex Imas Behavioral economist, Chicago Booth Signed the letter · Academia · United States [homepage](https://www.aleximas.com/) · [other](https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/i/alex-imas) Behavioral economist on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business since 2020. Studies cognition and mental representation in dynamic decision-making, including risk-taking after losses, incentives and discrimination. Co-author of 'The Realization Effect' and 'The Dynamics of Discrimination: Theory and Evidence' (American Economic Review). Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter. [AI-written](https://aifaultline.com/about/) Documented facts only, from the sources below. 14 works in the co-authorship map · 2,625 citations across them Sources 1. [Alex Imas - Chicago Booth faculty directory](https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/i/alex-imas) 2. [Q&A with Professor Alex Imas (joined Booth's faculty in 2020)](https://www.chicagobooth.edu/why-booth/stories/get-to-know-behavioral-economist-alex-imas) 3. [The Realization Effect: Risk-Taking After Realized Versus Paper Losses](https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140386) 4. “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — [source](https://wemustactnow.ai) ## In the network 5 co-authors on the map · PageRank #115 of 400 · bridge #91 of 400 · 3 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · [cluster: Market design and field experiments](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#cluster=5). Measured on this map only, which grows out of the letter's signatories; [what these numbers mean](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#about). [See Alex Imas on the map](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=alex-imas) ## Documented positions [Will AI actually boost productivity and growth?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/) unknown No documented evidence reviewed yet. [Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/jobs/) unknown No documented evidence reviewed yet. [Will AI widen inequality?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/inequality/) unknown No documented evidence reviewed yet. [Should governments act on AI now?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/regulation/) unknown No documented evidence reviewed yet. [How fast will the impact arrive?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/pace/) unknown No documented evidence reviewed yet. ## Selected work - [The Realization Effect: Risk-Taking After Realized Versus Paper Losses](https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20140386) - [The Dynamics of Discrimination: Theory and Evidence](https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20171829) - [The Economics of Intelligence: How and when does AGI transform the economy?](https://institute.deepmind.com/essays/the-economics-of-intelligence/) In the research collection - [Organizing Intelligence](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/papers/organizing-intelligence.pdf) In the research collection ## Writes with [Uri Gneezy](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=uri-gneezy) (3), [Andrew Koh](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=andrew-koh) (2), [Brian Jabarian](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=brian-jabarian) (1), [Devin G. Pope](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=devin-pope) (1), [Gary Charness](https://aifaultline.com/authors/network/#map=gary-charness) (1) Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (5 of 5 shown). Something wrong? [Request a correction](https://github.com/bob-rietveld/wemustactnow/issues).