Erik Brynjolfsson

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Hard Fork · The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

I think some of that actually makes sense as well.

And the reason for that is that you don't get mid-career workers unless they first start as young workers.

So there's kind of a market failure there that needs to be stepped into.

Historically, education, training have been, to some extent, public goods for

where there's value that goes beyond the people who are paying for them.

And that's why in almost every country, government and nonprofits have had a role in trying to support them.

The United States has been, for many centuries, the number one in the world at making investments in education training for

In the 1800s, we were way ahead of Europe or other places in the world at investing in primary education, then secondary education, then college education.

It's not true anymore, but when we did, that was a big reason why the United States not only had the highest productivity, but also one of the biggest middle classes in the world.

I've been resisting so far, but I do see my colleagues in the offices next door, my friends, my students, a lot of them have gone to take jobs at Frontier Labs.

And I got to say, by and large, these Frontier jobs, they're doing great work and they get access to amazing data.

And so that's exciting.

At the same time, I think there's a role for people that don't have a boss who is looking to make profits for the Frontier Labs.

And, you know, even if the reality is that they're unbiased, there's going to be a perception that they're speaking for that company.

And we need people who aren't as affected by that.

I'm not saying academia is completely unbiased.

unaffected either.

So, you know, I do hope people will stay a good lot of smart people will stay in academia and continue to do what I'm doing.

I've sat down very hard.

I've had offers from frontier labs and I've thought about it.

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