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Nobel Laureate Michael Spence on how AI is redefining the global economy

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Nobel laureate Michael Spence lectured at MBZUAI on AI's impact on global economies, focusing on productivity and growth. He highlighted information asymmetries around LLMs and the risk of AI-driven bias in job screening. Spence suggests finding signals that cannot be easily imitated and increase the cost of delivering misleading information. Why it matters: The lecture brings attention to AI's transformative potential and the challenges it poses for economic models and policy in the UAE and globally.

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Michael Spence · MBZUAI · AI · global economy · LLM

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