The AIconomics Insitute is a division of IIFI focused on the economic and strategic business value of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and related technologies.
It is led by Joe Weinman, renowned digital strategist and author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing and Digital Disciplines: Attaining Market Leadership via the Cloud, Big Data, Social, Mobile, and the Internet of Things.
Current research underway at the Institute is exploring:
- What is and will be the impact of AI and robotics on business results?
- Why are some firms achieving results but not others?
- What will the long-term impact of job displacement from AI be?
- Will today's macroeconomic systems evolve to offer "universal abundance" or "widespread income and wealth inequality?"
Important Recent External Studies
01
MIT Project NANDA
This controversial report claims that 95% of GenAI implementations have no measurable impact, despite investments of tens of billions of US$.
02
Anthropic "Labor Market Impacts Report"
This report shows the difference between the theoretical impact of AI and actual observed usage across various occupational categories.
03
McKinsey "State of AI" Report
"The State of AI in 2025" focuses on recent trends, such as Agentic AI and business transformation.
04
BCG "Widening AI Value Gap"
Similar to MIT Project NANDA, BCG argues that only 5% of firms are strategically exploiting AI. The rest are either laggards or at best beginning to scale early pilots.