Joshua Gans' Newsletter

Not quite the SciFi scenario

The other day I wrote about the Hugging Face incident whereby a group of AI agents worked out how to access the internet when they weren’t supposed to…

Aug 10 • Joshua Gans

It's time for some game theory ...

The Hugging Face Incident

Aug 8 • Joshua Gans

July 2026

Begun the Token Pricing Wars Have

There is perhaps no more solid prediction in economics than that when two or more firms sell similar products, prices will be driven down as each firm…

Jul 12 • Joshua Gans

June 2026

If we could talk to the Machines

Dr. Dolittle Does AI

Jun 16 • Joshua Gans

The Big Mess

Straight out of Magic

Jun 14 • Joshua Gans

March 2026

Journopoclypse!

Yeah, na. I don't think so

Mar 4 • Joshua Gans

February 2026

WTF is Pro-Worker AI

Provoked by Acemoglu, Autor and Johnson

Feb 26 • Joshua Gans

Learn what economists do

A response to Jon Stewart

Feb 9 • Joshua Gans

Is Claude's Constitution a good idea?

The latest in "Economists ruin things"

Feb 2 • Joshua Gans

January 2026

AI and the Moylan Arrow

We need more AI arrows

Jan 9 • Joshua Gans

What are we to make of "AI replacement"?

Perhaps the biggest, triggering fears from AI are ignited when there is a news story whereby some company is basically getting rid of either employees…

Jan 7 • Joshua Gans

Reflections on Vibe Researching

My year-long experiment in AI first research

Jan 3 • Joshua Gans