Economics of AI Part II: Competitive Lab Strategies, Market Forces, Effect on Jobs (Part 2 of 2)

Building on the foundation of Part 1, this session zooms out to the macroeconomics of AI and its systemic impact on global growth. We examine the future of work, analyzing which job categories face automation, task restructuring, or wage polarization, alongside modern macroeconomic forecasting models. Finally, we break down frontier AI lab strategies - from compute scaling to vertical integration - revealing how leading players aim to secure lasting competitive advantage on a global scale.

Part 2 picks up where Oliver's Part 1 on 4 November leaves off

Part 1 is Economics of AI: Capabilities, Trends, Price Wars, with Oliver Angélil on Wednesday 4 November. A week later, Chris Griessmann, co-founder of Ship26, takes the same question up to the scale of whole economies, labour markets and the labs racing to lead them.

Wednesday 11 November 2026, 17:30 to 18:30, at Ship26 on Schifflände 26, by the Limmat in Zürich's old town. Free and open to the public.