Eric So
MIT Professor of Global Economics and Behavioral Science
Eric So is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Global Economics and Behavioral Science and Professor, Global Economics and Management at MIT Sloan, where he studies how human nature and technology interact with incentives to shape decision making and market outcomes. A tenured full professor, he is a member of both the Global Economics and Management group and the Behavioral and Policy Sciences area at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
So leads several AI-focused initiatives at MIT, serving as Faculty Co-Director for the AI Executive Academy and Lead Faculty for the MIT Sloan Generative AI Hub for Teaching and Learning. His current research portfolio spans interconnected topics including artificial intelligence (AI), behavioral economics, human-computer interactions, and regulatory policy.
So joined MIT in 2012 after earning his PhD from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and master's degree in economics from Cornell University. An award-winning educator recognized for excellence in teaching and leadership, he currently teaches courses on AI applications in business and investment decisions and serves as Faculty Chair of MIT Sloan's PhD program.
Education
- PhD Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Master's in Economics Cornell University
Joined MIT in 2012
Selected Work
AI Advisors and the Competence-Judgment Tradeoff in Information Disclosure
Read Paper →Losing is Optional
Read Paper →Box Jumping: Portfolio Recompositions to Achieve Higher Morningstar Ratings
Read Paper →The Fiscal Frontier: Projecting AI’s Long-term Impact on the US Fiscal Outlook
Read Paper →AI Advisors and the Competence-Judgment Tradeoff in Information Disclosure
Read Paper →Losing is Optional
Read Paper →Box Jumping: Portfolio Recompositions to Achieve Higher Morningstar Ratings
Read Paper →The Fiscal Frontier: Projecting AI’s Long-term Impact on the US Fiscal Outlook
Read Paper →Recent Posts
Building a Live Stock Screener with Claude Code
In my AI & Robotics class at MIT Sloan, I teach students to pursue the "Previously Impossible." To demonstrate, I built a live, interactive stock screener from scratch in just a few hours.
Read on LinkedIn →OpenAI's Prism: A Game-Changer for Technical Teaching
Two sentences. That's all it took to generate a clear, well-organized document with a solid explanation and proof for a theorem I teach at MIT. The math was sound, the layout was polished.
Read on LinkedIn →ChatGPT vs. Google Search on Learning Outcomes
LLMs deliver pre-packaged information, making learning passive. Web search requires active navigation, source evaluation, and synthesis — processes that produce deeper understanding.
Read on LinkedIn →Your Brain on AI
83% of ChatGPT users couldn't quote their own essays minutes later, vs. near-perfect recall without AI. One of the first studies to measure how ChatGPT use affects neural activity.
Read on LinkedIn →Areas of Interest
Courses
AI Applications in Business
Exploring how artificial intelligence transforms business decision-making, strategy, and operations.
Investment Decisions
Frameworks for evaluating investment opportunities, with emphasis on behavioral factors and market efficiency.
Course details and syllabi coming soon.