Economist Tyler Cowen rejected proposals to ban self-recursive improvement in AI models, arguing in a Marginal Revolution post that the idea is unworkable because it cannot be enforced across borders,…
A developer and legal scholar has proposed creating an Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Commission (AIRC) in a New York Times opinion essay, arguing Congress should establish a bipartisan, five-memb…
Economist Tyler Cowen argued on Marginal Revolution that AI risk increases the value of pandemic preparation, noting that if COVID-19 began with a laboratory leak — plausible though unproven — then a …
AngelList founder Naval Ravikant said the best way to pace frontier AI development is to hold labs fully liable for the behavior of their models, extending that liability to hosts serving dangerous or…
Economist and blogger Tyler Cowen argues that any proposal for AI regulation must begin with China, citing China's rejection of U.S. proposals for missile-launch notifications, a nuclear crisis hotlin…
The Prediction Archive, a public database that uses AI to track tens of thousands of world predictions over many decades and mark them to market, currently ranks economist Alex Tabarrok as the highest…
Terry Tao, a mathematician, has made progress on the Navier-Stokes equations, with some calling it 'a Deep Blue moment' for AI, according to Tyler Cowen's blog post.…
Economist Tyler Cowen, in a Free Press column, argues that reactions to the recent Hugging Face hack, which some AI safety advocates called a potential precursor to full-blown AI takeover, are hysteri…
Census Bureau data from its Business Trends and Outlook Survey shows that among U.S. firms using AI, 95.7% reported no change in total employment due to AI in the Nov 2025–Feb 2026 period, up from 94.…
Economist Tyler Cowen proposes in a Free Press column that AI labs regulate themselves through a private not-for-profit body modeled on FINRA, overseen by Washington, to avoid stifling progress while …
Scott Jenkins, in an email to Tyler Cowen, warns that Anthropic's proposed common-law approach to AI governance for Claude, while adaptive, faces structural risks including a throughput bottleneck whe…
Tyler Cowen, an economist and professor at George Mason University, participated in a two-day session at Anthropic to advise on rewriting the constitution for Claude, the company's AI assistant. He pr…
In a Free Press piece, economist Tyler Cowen argues that liberal immigration policies are essential for American competitiveness, citing that 38 percent of published AI researchers received their unde…
Economist Tyler Cowen criticizes AI pessimists for failing to back their beliefs with market positions, noting that while his median expectation is that AI boosts the economy enormously, there is non-…
Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University, urges those worried about AI-related cybersecurity risks to adopt scientific methods, asking for specific cost estimates and stock short positions…
In an essay for The Free Press, Tyler Cowen and Avital Balwit argue that AI's rapid advancement is triggering a profound identity crisis, as systems match or exceed human cognitive abilities, signalin…
Economist Tyler Cowen argues in a Free Press article that people will eventually accept AI-generated writing, comparing it to musical borrowing. He notes that Paul Simon's 'American Tune' borrows from…
Tyler Cowen identifies a new class of 'AI maniacs'—individuals obsessed with mastering the latest AI models—who are poised to wield outsized influence over work and life. Cowen, an economic advisory b…
Economist Tyler Cowen argues in a Free Press column that the future belongs to 'AI maniacs'—people obsessed with mastering the latest AI models to transform their workflows and personal lives. Cowen, …
Tyler Cowen predicts a new job category of humans spreading AI to other countries, driven by demand for culturally tailored AI integration rather than pure technical superiority. He argues that countr…