📈Harvard's Jason Furman Builds AI-Run Econ Site, Econvitals
TL;DR
Harvard economist Jason Furman launched Econvitals, a free site of economic data and analysis built largely with Claude and cross-checked by OpenAI's Codex. He says AI's factual reliability is, done properly, better than any human's.
Harvard economist Jason Furman launched Econvitals, a free site of economic data and analysis built largely with Claude and cross-checked by OpenAI's Codex. He says AI's factual reliability is, done properly, better than any human's.
Key Points
Site rates how hawkish or dovish each Fed official is and tracks changes in their views
Publishes AI-generated email briefings summarizing economic research and data
Built in spare time with research assistants, mostly using Claude, with Codex cross-checks
Furman would 'somewhat regretfully and sadly choose the AI systems' over a staff of Ph.D.s on the Council of Economic Advisers
Caveat: AI is still less creative than top humans and better at routine analysis
Why It Matters
A top economist is putting his name on AI-produced analysis. The commodity part of research, repackaging data, is going to zero.
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