Global economist to speak about economic potential of Generative AI

Marietta, OH (02/02/2024) — Managing director and senior global economist in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs, Dr. Joseph Briggs, will speak about "The Enormous Economic Potential of Generative AI" during a Leadership Q&A at 7:00 p.m., Monday, February 26, in Thomas 124.

Before assuming his current role, Briggs worked on the U.S. economics team for three years at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 2019, he was a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board, where he briefed the governors on economic and financial developments, led the construction of the Fed's Distributional Financial Accounts, and conducted research that was published in leading academic journals like the Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Financial Economics.

Briggs also previously worked as an economist with the Vanguard Research Initiative and taught at Johns Hopkins University and New York University. He received an MA and a Ph.D. in economics from New York University and a B.S. in mathematics from North Carolina State University.

He will also make the same presentation at the Economic Roundtable luncheon at noon, Tuesday, February 27, at the Marietta Country Club.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy, which was founded in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today, Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers over 40 majors and is consistently ranked among the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.

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