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James Landay

Computer scientist, Stanford University
Signed the letter · Academia · United States

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Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and co-founder and Denning Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Previously a professor at the University of Washington and at Cornell Tech, and director of Intel Labs Seattle (2003–2006). ACM Fellow, member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy, and recipient of the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. Listed author of the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.

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15 works in the co-authorship map · 2,524 citations across them

Sources

  1. James Landay — Stanford HAI profile
  2. James Landay — Stanford School of Engineering profile
  3. James Landay — homepage
  4. Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026
  5. “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — source

In the network

8 co-authors on the map · PageRank #45 of 400 · bridge #84 of 400 · 1 step from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Foundation models and society.

Measured on this map only, which grows out of the letter's signatories; what these numbers mean. See James Landay on the map

Documented positions

Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI widen inequality? leans agree

He has said the gains and losses from AI-driven job change will not be distributed evenly and calls for a human-centered approach to these societal effects.

Evidence

  1. “the gains and losses are not going to be distributed evenly” — source

Why researchers disagree on this · Who else says what

Should governments act on AI now? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

How fast will the impact arrive? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Selected work

Writes with

Jon E. Froehlich (3), Sherry Ruan (3), Emma Brunskill (2), Diyi Yang (1), Erik Brynjolfsson (1), Jack Clark (1), Michael S. Bernstein (1), Nestor Maslej (1)

Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (8 of 8 shown).

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