Can Machines Be Taught to Think Like Good Economists?

Published on February 1, 2022

In this video, Nobel Laureate Daniel McFadden, co-recipient of the 2008 Prize in Economic Sciences, compares the process of teaching machines to think like economists to the education of young economists. 

This summer, the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences will take place from 23–27 August 2022.

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