Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

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Biography

Erik Brynjolfsson is an American academic, author and inventor. He is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and a Senior Fellow at Stanford University where he directs the Digital Economy Lab at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, with appointments at SIEPR, the Stanford Department of Economics and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

"Computers get better faster than anything else ever."

Erik Brynjolfsson

"The heart of science is measurement."

Erik Brynjolfsson

"Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign."

Erik Brynjolfsson