The Economics of AI

Speaker

Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe

Associate Professor, Operations, Information and Decisions

The Wharton School

Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe’s Biography

Duration: 1 Hour

Option 1: Tuesday, March 9th at 12:00pm ET

This session may have some interaction through polling and the chat function.

Course Description

Covers the markets for the software, skills, computation, and data needed to implement AI solutions. Discusses implications for the concentration of market power within large firms such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. Describes the role of automated AI solutions such as AutoML in the workflow and what these mean for competition in this industry.

Learning Objectives:
  • Defining key inputs for AI and what it means for competition
  • Describe implications for future AI hiring strategies
  • Analyze the inputs needed for implementing an AI solution