Only At Stern: Professor Robert Seamans, a Leading Expert on Technology, Innovation, and Strategy
Robert Seamans is a Professor of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern, teaching courses in AI, game theory, and strategy. He serves as Director of Stern’s Center for the Future of Management, now in its fifth year, which fosters cutting-edge research on major shifts in the global business landscape, and the challenges and opportunities they present.
Professor Seamans’ research explores how firms use technology in their strategic interactions with each other and the economic consequences of AI, robotics, and other advanced technologies. His work has been published in leading academic journals.
His recent work examines how AI is reshaping jobs and competition, including the Artificial Intelligence Occupational Exposure (AIOE) measure he co-developed to determine an occupation's exposure to AI. Professor Seamans recently received $80,000 in funding from the Microsoft AI Economy Institute to study ways to integrate AI into undergraduate and MBA courses.
He serves on editorial boards for Management Science and Strategy Science and organizes conferences on AI policy and strategy.
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Select recent media highlights featuring Professor Robert Seamans:
- Brookings co-authored article | “Industrial Policy for the Final Frontier: Governing Growth in the Emerging Space Economy.” | 9/23/2025
- Channel News Asia | “Race for World's Biggest Tech Firms to Hire AI Talent Heats Up.” | 7/11/2025
- Fox Business | "AI is Going to Change the Way Work is Done: Weighing the Pros and Cons." | 6/23/2025
- The New York Times | "A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You." | 6/17/2025
- Communications of the ACM co-authored op-ed | "Generative AI Requires Broad Labor Policy Considerations." | 7/22/2024
- AACSB co-authored op-ed | "An AI Best Practice for B-Schools." | 10/8/2024
- CNET | "AI Needs to Earn Our Trust Before It Can Deliver on Its Promises." | 5/31/2024
- Financial Times | "Academics Express Confidence That They and AI Can Work Together." | 3/26/2024
- The New York Times | "Generative A.I.’s Biggest Impact Will Be in Banking and Tech, Report Says." | 2/1/2024
- CNET | "AI and You: The Job Debate Continues, Social Media Isn't So Swift Handling Porn Deepfakes." | 1/29/2024
- Wisconsin Public Radio | "Are Robots Taking Wisconsin Jobs? Not Quite, New Research Shows." | 11/20/2023
- CNN | "The #1 Job That's Most Exposed to AI, According to Expert." | 11/1/2023
- The Wall Street Journal | "AI Could Spur an Economic Boom. Humans Are in the Way." | 10/16/2023
Selection of Professor Seamans’ research:
- 4/6/2023 | “How Will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries?”
- 12/5/2019 | “Is the Human Workforce Doomed with the Rise of AI? New Research Says Fears Are Overblown.”
- 7/5/2018 | “The Time to Focus on AI’s Impact is Now.”
- 9/28/2015 | “Increased Internet Access Led to a Rise in Racial Hate Crimes in the Early 2000s.”
- 8/13/2013 | “New Research Looks at Craigslist’s Damaging Blow to Local Newspapers.”
- 6/6/2012 | “New Study Reveals That Private Firms Feel More Threatened by Competition from Public Firms.”
Professor Seamans’ Policy Impact:
- In 2015–2016, Professor Seamans served as the Senior Economist for technology and innovation on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. In this role, his policy work focused on issues involving AI, robotics, broadband access, as well as technology competition and regulation
- His work was cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President
- Professor Seamans’ work has also been included in commentary from the Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, and more
- He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and he has received research funding from the Hewlett Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, among others