Rotman Chair In Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare At The Rotman School Of Management, University Of Toronto
Avi Goldfarb is the Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and Professor of Marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Avi is also Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research lead at the Acceleration Consortium. A former Senior Editor at Marketing Science, his research focuses on the economics of digital technology and artificial intelligence. He has published academic articles in marketing, computing, law, management, medicine, physics, political science, public health, statistics, and economics. His work on online advertising won the INFORMS Society of Marketing Science Long Term Impact Award, and he testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on competition and privacy in digital advertising. Avi received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. He co-authored the bestselling books Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction, both on the economics of artificial intelligence.
Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
Penetrating, fun, and always insightful and practical, Prediction Machines follows its inescapable logic to explain how to navigate the changes on the horizon. The impact of AI will be profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.
Power and Prediction:
The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb
Filled with illuminating insights, rich examples, and practical advice, Power and Prediction is the must-read guide for any business leader or policy maker on how to make the coming AI disruptions work for you rather than against you.
Reviews
“AI may be to the twenty-first century what electricity was to the twentieth. This is the best book yet that considers what it will mean for all who participate in our economy.”
— Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot, University Professor and former president Harvard University; former secretary, US treasury; and former chief economist, World Bank
Power and Prediction
Prediction Machines
“Prediction Machines is a path-breaking book that focuses on what strategists and managers really need to know about the AI revolution.”
— Susan Athey, Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford University; former consulting researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Creative Destruction Lab
Avi is the Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab. The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. The CDL operates several sites around the world. Avi moderates streams related to healthcare, artificial intelligence, and quantum technology.
Acceleration Consortium
Avi is a scientific leadership team member at Acceleration Consortium. Acceleration Consortium is the world's leading network at the forefront of material discovery. With self-driving labs merging AI, robotics, and advanced computing, we're revolutionizing how advanced materials are designed and tested. Together, we're making sustainable and affordable breakthroughs that transform our world for the better.