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# Charles I. Jones

Stanford University
Author of 3 papers in this guide

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## Their papers in this guide

- [Past Automation and Future A.I.: How Weak Links Tame the Growth Explosion](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/title-4cc690f5d8da29fa/) [Working paper](https://aifaultline.com/sources/working-paper/) · 2026

- [AI and Our Economic Future](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-1257-jep-20261505/) [The Journal of Economic Perspectives](https://aifaultline.com/sources/the-journal-of-economic-perspectives/) · 2026

- [The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-1257-aeri-20230570/) [American Economic Review Insights](https://aifaultline.com/sources/american-economic-review-insights/) · 2024

## Questions their papers address

- [Will AI actually boost productivity and growth?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/) (3 of 3 papers)

- [Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/jobs/) (1 of 3 papers)

- [Should governments act on AI now?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/regulation/) (1 of 3 papers)

- [How fast will the impact arrive?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/pace/) (2 of 3 papers)

## Writes with, in this guide

[Christopher Tonetti](https://aifaultline.com/authors/christopher-tonetti/) (1)

Co-authors on their papers here (1 of 1 shown).

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