Faculty
Eric So is a tenured full professor at MIT Sloan. For more information, including his bio and CV, please visit his website: https://ericso.pro
Featured Publication
"Box Jumping: Portfolio Recompositions to Achieve Higher Morningstar Ratings."Cohen, Lauren, David S. Kim, and Eric C. So, Working Paper. November 2024.
Bonsall, Samuel B., Jacquelyn Gillette, Gabriel Pundrich, and Eric C. So. Journal of Accounting and Economics. Forthcoming. SSRN.
Harris, Ben, Neil R. Mehrotra, and Eric C. So, Working Paper. October 2024. Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets Working Paper.
Charles Downing, Bradford (Lynch) Levy, Matthew A. Phillips, Eric C. So, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7070-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, July 2024.
Guest, Nicholas, M., S.P. Kothari, and Eric C. So. Management Science Vol. 69, No. 8 (2023): 4908-4931. SSRN Preprint.
de Silva, Tim, Kevin Smith, and Eric C. So, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6944-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, June 2023.
AI systems hold the promise of competitive advantage, but they can usher in cognitive decline among workers, says MIT Sloan School of Management’s Eric So. Learn how to protect cognitive capital.
To realize the greatest gains from artificial intelligence, we must make the future of work more human, not less.
Professor Eric So said: "While our research clearly shows the average retail investor loses money trading options, we need to be careful about treating adults as if they can't make their own financial decisions." Rather than sweeping restrictions, So advocates for targeted interventions.
With new reports suggesting that the U.S. economy will probably slow this year, economists and AI experts say more businesses may speed up AI use to cut costs, generate revenue and boost worker productivity. That could lead to more-rapid adoption but also downsides, including job losses and consumer harms. "Economic downturns spur you to do more," said professor Eric So. "There's a lot of focus on what we can do and not enough questions like 'Should we do that?' and 'Is it being done in a safe way?'"
"Once you get a sense of agentic AI's capabilities and where they're heading, this is truly a profound societal change."
"It's quite difficult to design assignments that can be done without AI. I suspect much of our curriculum will be redesigned from the ground up."
An exciting collaboration between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Schwarzman College of Computing, this immersive, two-week program on campus dives deep into both the technical and business aspects of artificial intelligence, providing a comprehensive understanding of AI's impact across industries. The program will bridge the gap between AI technology and business leadership through practical, hands-on learning experiences, ensuring participants can apply AI strategies effectively in their organizations.
