Cowen says AI will force a revaluation of economic research and policy arguments

Tyler Cowen says AI will force a radical revaluation of economic research and the policy arguments built on it.

In a post reported by Andrew Curran on X, Cowen says he is not sure what to say, and he points to errors flagged on Marginal Revolution in work by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman as one example. Cowen argues that AI will revise economic science and past research more broadly, with significant gains and losses in status, which he expects will often outweigh the gains. The report does not describe any specific AI tool or any corrections by Saez or Zucman.