Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As a Transformative AI Research Economist at Anthropic, you will build macroeconomic models of AI that could be genuinely transformative and develop the scenario-based forecasting tools that let us reason quantitatively about economic trajectories with no historical precedent. You will work on questions of aggregate growth, income distribution, and economic governance under scenarios that most of the profession has not yet modeled seriously.

What it asks for · 19

• PhD in Economics, or an exceptional candidate close to completion
• Background in macroeconomics, growth theory, or public finance ideally with exposure to task-based frameworks and labor economics
• A research record that engages seriously with the possibility of transformative AI — you treat the scenarios in this posting as live questions worth modeling rigorously, not speculation to be hedged against
• Relevant experience in some of:
• Macroeconomic modeling and structural estimation
• Scenario-based and time-series forecasting
• Task-based approaches to technological change
• Computational methods, agent-based modeling, or large-scale simulation
• Income distribution and inequality
• Using large language models in the research workflow
• Technical skills including:
• Proficiency in Python, Julia, or similar for computational economics
• Facility with AI coding agents as part of a research workflow
• Comfort learning new technical tools and frameworks

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What the job covers

• Build macroeconomic models of transformative AI spanning growth, labor markets, and income distribution
• Develop and maintain scenario-based forecasting tools; publish forecasts for GDP, productivity, and unemployment under a range of AI-capability trajectories
• Ground macroeconomic projections in microeconomic data from the Anthropic Economic Index, constraining theory with observed patterns of adoption and task transformation
• Analyze questions of income distribution and economic governance under transformative-AI scenarios
• Contribute to the development of AI-powered research tools for economics
• Contribute to Economic Index Reports and publish Research Briefs on first-order questions as they arise
• Build and maintain relationships with academic institutions, policy think tanks, and other research partners
• Amplify external engagement through research publications, policy briefs, and presentations to diverse stakeholders

Degree language

• PhD in Economics, or an exceptional candidate close to completion

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• economic28×
• research18×
• economic index11×
• macroeconomic10×
• tools8×
• growth7×
• income distribution7×
• labor7×
• questions7×
• scenarios7×
• theory7×
• computational6×
• forecasting6×
• modeling6×
• models6×
• productivity6×

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