Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Artificial Intelligence Economics Funding Global International development Poverty Research School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Technology and policy

New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty

Project AI Evidence will connect governments, tech companies, and nonprofits with world-class economists at MIT and across J-PAL’s global network to evaluate and improve AI solutions.

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Behavior Behavioral economics Business and management Classes and programs Data Economics Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Health Care Health sciences and technology Industry Leadership machine learning MIT Schwarzman College of Computing School of Engineering School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Technology and policy

A data-driven approach to making better choices

In the new economics course 14.163 (Algorithms and Behavioral Science), students investigate the deployment of machine-learning tools and their potential to understand people, reduce bias, and improve society.