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Paul Milgrom

Economist, Stanford University; Nobel laureate 2020
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Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, on the Stanford faculty since 1987. Co-recipient, with Robert B. Wilson, of the 2020 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 'for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats'. Helped design US Federal Communications Commission radio spectrum auctions, including the simultaneous multiple round auction and the broadcast incentive auction, and co-founded the market design company Auctionomics. Author of work on auction and market design, including 'Clock Auctions and Radio Spectrum Reallocation' and 'How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Impact Market Design'. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.

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13 works in the co-authorship map · 1,770 citations across them

In the network

6 co-authors on the map · PageRank #89 of 400 · bridge #33 of 400 · 1 step from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Market design and field experiments.

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Documented positions

Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? leans agree

In an interview he said AI will likely transform entire economies while noting how little is yet known about large language models.

Evidence

  1. “It will likely transform entire economies.” — source
  2. “I'm an optimist and sceptical at the same time.” — source

Why researchers disagree on this · Who else says what

Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI widen inequality? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

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

Ilya Segal (4), John Roberts (2), Barry R. Weingast (1), Eric Budish (1), Erik Brynjolfsson (1), Scott Duke Kominers (1)

Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (6 of 6 shown).

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