James Evans

James Evans is the Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology and Data Science at the University of Chicago, director of the Knowledge Lab and a researcher at the Santa Fe Institute and Google. His work uses large-scale data, machine learning and generative models to understand how collectives of humans and machines think and what they can know.


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July 21, 2026
We are headed toward a world of productivity without prosperity, execution without verification and capacity without constraint. But this outcome is not inevitable.
Artwork by Anna Lucia for Noema Magazine.