Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research

at Anthropic

📍 San Francisco, United States

USD 320,000-405,000 per year

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Details

Anthropic is seeking a Transformative AI Research Economist to build macroeconomic models of transformative AI and develop scenario-based forecasting tools for reasoning quantitatively about economic trajectories without historical precedent. The role focuses on aggregate growth, income distribution, and economic governance under transformative-AI scenarios, grounded in microeconomic signals from the Anthropic Economic Index and privacy-preserving analysis of millions of real-world AI interactions.

Responsibilities

Build macroeconomic models of transformative AI spanning growth, labor markets, and income distribution.
Develop and maintain scenario-based forecasting tools and publish forecasts for GDP, productivity, and unemployment under different AI-capability trajectories.
Ground macroeconomic projections in microeconomic data from the Anthropic Economic Index, using observed patterns of adoption and task transformation.
Analyze income distribution and economic governance under transformative-AI scenarios.
Contribute to AI-powered research tools for economics.
Contribute to Economic Index Reports and publish Research Briefs.
Build relationships with academic institutions, policy think tanks, and research partners.
Support external engagement through research publications, policy briefs, and presentations.

Requirements

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.
Research record engaging seriously with transformative AI as a subject for rigorous economic modeling.
Relevant experience in macroeconomic modeling, structural estimation, scenario-based or time-series forecasting, task-based technological change, computational methods, agent-based modeling, large-scale simulation, income distribution, inequality, or using large language models in research workflows.
Proficiency in Python, Julia, or similar tools for computational economics.
Facility with AI coding agents and willingness to learn new technical tools and frameworks.
Ability to lead research projects from conception to publication, work on tight timelines, revise work as new data arrives, and communicate technical findings to diverse audiences.
Strong interest in ensuring AI development benefits humanity.
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. The required field of study must be relevant to the role.

Additional Information

The role is at the intersection of growth theory, forecasting, and frontier AI. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with no application deadline. Anthropic currently expects staff to work from one of its offices at least 25% of the time, although some roles may require more office time.

Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.