Anthropic is seeking a Transformative AI Research Economist to build macroeconomic models and scenario‑based forecasting tools that assess AI’s impact on economic growth, labor markets, and income distribution. The role involves grounding projections in the Anthropic Economic Index, contributing to AI‑powered research tools, publishing reports, and engaging with academic and policy partners.
Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research at Anthropic
On-site - San Francisco, CA
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Skills
- PhD in Economics or an exceptional candidate close to completion
- Background in macroeconomics, growth theory, or public finance with exposure to task-based frameworks and labor economics
- Research record engaging with transformative AI scenarios
- Experience in macroeconomic modeling and structural estimation
- Experience in scenario-based and time-series forecasting
- Experience in task-based approaches to technological change
- Experience in computational methods, agent-based modeling, or large-scale simulation
- Experience with income distribution and inequality analysis
- Experience using large language models in the research workflow
- 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
- Ability to lead research projects from conception to publication
- Ability to ship on tight timelines and revise in public as new data arrives
- Ability to communicate technical findings to diverse audiences
- Strong interest in ensuring AI development benefits humanity
Responsibilities
- 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
Technologies
PythonJuliaAI coding agentsLarge Language Models
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