Fast AI, Slow Social Science - Linen Yu
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Why social science struggles to study an object that is still moving.
AI Governance and Social Science Why social science struggles to study an object that is still moving. June 8, 2026 1. Where Are the Economists? Why is Anthropic's Dario Amodei often more visible in public debates about AI and the labor market than economists such as David Autor or Daron Acemoglu, who have spent decades studying technological change and work? Why does a question that seems tailor-made for economics and social science still appear so slowly in formal academic publication? A widely circulated screenshot: Yann LeCun says that, on AI and labor markets, people should listen…
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