Yafah Edelman
Chief Strategy Officer, Epoch AI
Yafah Edelman is Chief Strategy Officer at Epoch AI, where she studies and measures the inputs that allow AI to scale. Her recent work includes an Epoch AI/Ipsos survey finding one in five U.S. workers say AI now does work they once handed to a coworker or contractor, analysis showing compute makes up 54 to 62 percent of AI company costs, and forecasting of AI progress through 2040.
Key arguments & positions
- Studies and measures the inputs that allow AI to scale; forecasts AI progress through 2040.
Accomplishments
- Chief Strategy Officer at Epoch AI.
- Co-author of an Epoch AI/Ipsos survey finding one in five U.S. workers say AI now does work they once handed to a coworker or contractor, and analysis showing compute makes up 54 to 62 percent of AI company costs.
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