NYU Stern Econ Prof on How AI is Changing Research and Teaching | Abdoulaye Ndiaye

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Summary ⤵️ NYU Stern economics professor Abdoulaye Ndiaye discusses how AI is changing economics teaching and research - including theoretical research. He also gives advice for economics PhD students on the job market, how to best collaborate on economics papers, and what he sees as the future of AI for economics research. Abdou's Socials 🕊️ Twitter/X: https://x.com/AbdouNdiayeNYU ✉️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdoulaye-ndiaye-17375332/ 💼 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/abdoulaye-ndiaye Aniket's Socials 🕊️ Twitter/X: https://x.com/aniketpanjwani 💼 EconNow: https://econ.now (real time directory of the economics profession) 🤙 AI Consulting: https://contentquant.io ✉️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aniket-a-panjwani Why watch? If this is your first view—hi, I’m Aniket! I'm an economist (PhD from Northwestern) who worked for six years as an ML Engineer at Zelle, building financial AI models, automations and data pipelines saving consumers from tens of millions of dollars of fraud. Now, I work as an independent AI consultant, and I make videos about whatever interests me on the intersection of econ, tech, and AI. Like, subscribe, and leave me a comment if you have a specific request! Thanks. 0:00 Intro 0:47 NYU Stern economics department structure 4:44 Research identity from theorist to applied 6:49 Crypto research and blockchain as public infrastructure 9:13 Policy work in Senegal during COVID 11:50 What is macro development economics 15:26 Collaboration process on academic papers 18:52 Using AI for economic proofs 23:13 How AI is changing economics education 32:31 Adapting exams for the AI era 39:00 Using AI for writing papers 44:00 Job market advice for economists 51:00 Search committee process insights 56:35 Inefficiencies in hiring and EconNow tool 58:00 AI tools for economics research 01:03:00 Future of collaborative AI research tools 01:08:00 Final words and closing thoughts