Julian Jacobs
Julian Jacobs is a Google Public Policy Fellow with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Outside of his work for ITIF, Julian is a PhD student specializing in comparative political economy. His research areas of focus include artificial intelligence, the political implications of technological shocks, inequality, debt, and polarization. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, and he received his MSc from The London School of Economics and a BA from Brown University. Outside of academia, he has worked at the Office of Barack Obama, The Brookings Institution, Google DeepMind, the Center for AI Safety, OMFIF, and University College London.
Research Areas
Recent Publications
Evidence Shows Productivity Benefits of AI
The emerging field that studies LLM productivity-boosting effects offers increasingly auspicious evidence that AI is boosting productivity, particularly for less productive workers. However, additional studies will be necessary to understand AI’s broader impact on firm productivity and the economy.
How Generative AI Is Changing the Global South’s IT Services Sector
Given the potential for countries to reshore and automate previously outsourced IT occupations, the Global South’s IT services appear vulnerable to the displacing effects of AI. Yet, existing policy responses may be insufficient to address that challenge.
Growing Evidence Shows Importance of AI for Health Care
As demographic change and aging populations in many Western countries entail higher relative health-care burdens, AI’s support in diagnosis, drug development, and health-care operations may serve as a much-needed remedy.
