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Can AI Refute Economic Theory? Evidence from Beyond the Knowledge Cutoff

arXiv:2606. 05383v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Can artificial intelligence (AI) refute economic theory?

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pAI-Econ-claude: A Gated Human-in-the-Loop Multi-Agent Architecture for AI-Assisted Economic Theory Development

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arXiv AI

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Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026

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arXiv AI

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Human Capital, Not Model Benchmarks, Predicts Hybrid Intelligence in Forecasting

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Can AI agents conduct open-ended AI research? Early evidence from two case studies

arXiv:2607. 27191v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Forecasts of explosive AI progress hinge on AI agents automating AI research.

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arXiv AI

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What General Intelligence Requires: Non-Reducible Constraints Across Levels of Description

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arXiv AI

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AI Economist Agent: An Agentic Framework for Model-Grounded Economic Analysis with RAG, Knowledge Graphs, and Large Language Models

arXiv:2606. 20041v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We propose a model-grounded RAG-based AI economist with an agentic framework for economic scenario analysis using large language models (LLMs) and knowledge graphs.

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