Events

Featured Event

AI Snake Oil with Arvind Narayanan

Date
April 17, 2025
Time
5:30PM - 6:30PM EST
Location
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing / virtual

The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomed Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, to discuss his latest book, AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference, co-authored with Sayash Kapoor. The presentation was followed by a discussion with Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor and Co-Director of the Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, along with audience Q&A.

Past Events

Economic Policy Invited Policy Session: The simple macroeconomics of the AI transformation

Date
April 4, 2024
Time
12:45PM - 2:15PM EDT
Location
Virtual
Economic Policy Invited Policy Session: The simple macroeconomics of the AI transformation

CEPR – Reinvigorating Antitrust: Citizens, not just Consumers

Date
March 25, 2024
Time
1PM - 2PM EST
Location
Virtual
CEPR – Reinvigorating Antitrust: Citizens, not just Consumers

World Boston’s Chat & Chowder with Daron Acemoglu

Date
February 15, 2024
Time
6PM - 7:30PM EST
Location
111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2500, Boston, MA, 02199
World Boston’s Chat & Chowder with Daron Acemoglu

MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Launch Event

Date
January 22, 2024
Time
2PM - 6PM EST
Location
MIT Samberg Conference Center
MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Launch Event

Simon Johnson Book Talk at ASB

Date
December 6, 2023
Time
8AM - 9AM EST
Location
Virtual
Simon Johnson Book Talk at ASB

The Role of Regulation and Antitrust Policy in Reshaping Technology: Insights from “Power and Progress” by Simon Johnson

Date
November 17, 2023
Time
10:30AM - 11:30AM EST
Location
Virtual
The Role of Regulation and Antitrust Policy in Reshaping Technology: Insights from “Power and Progress” by Simon Johnson

Daron Acemoglu at BU Questrom: Redirecting Innovation: Can We? Should We?

Date
November 10, 2023
Time
4:30PM
Daron Acemoglu at BU Questrom: Redirecting Innovation: Can We? Should We?

Lanzamiento del libro Power and Progress: Our 1.000-year struggle over technology and prosperity

Date
November 10, 2023
Time
4:10PM
Lanzamiento del libro Power and Progress: Our 1.000-year struggle over technology and prosperity

Dean’s Speaker Series: A Conversation with Dr. Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor

Date
November 8, 2023
Time
12PM
Dean’s Speaker Series: A Conversation with Dr. Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor

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