Phil Trammell

Phil Trammell

Phil Trammell is a senior researcher at Epoch AI. He is also a research scholar at Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab, working with Erik Brynjolfsson and Chad Jones on questions related to economic growth and AI.

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The Nvidia-sized hole in US GDP statistics
Report
Aug. 24, 2026
The Nvidia-sized hole in US GDP statistics

US GDP growth has been underestimated by about 0.3 percentage points because statistics miss most of Nvidia's US-generated income, a gap that could widen to 2 points by 2028. Epoch AI traces the accounting gap through Nvidia's fabless chip supply chain.

By Isabel Juniewicz, Daniel Carey, Phil Trammell, and Anson Ho

Will parallelization limits delay an intelligence explosion?
Report
Jul. 29, 2026
Will parallelization limits delay an intelligence explosion?

Even with automated AI R&D producing millions of virtual researchers, progress may be capped by our ability to divide, coordinate, and recombine their work. Epoch AI on why parallelization technology is a missing parameter in intelligence explosion models.

By Phil Trammell

Controlling the capital after AGI
Newsletter
Jun. 9, 2026
Controlling the capital after AGI

A simple taxonomy of the main proposals for post-AGI universal redistribution.

By Phil Trammell and Anson Ho

Epoch After Hours: What does economics actually tell us about AGI? – Phil Trammell
Podcast
Oct. 1, 2025
Epoch After Hours: What does economics actually tell us about AGI? – Phil Trammell

Stanford economist Phil Trammell joins Epoch AI to explore AGI, growth, GDP limits, and what economic theory can tells us about the future of AI.

By Anson Ho and Phil Trammell