Economics research to revitalize labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree. Led by @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and @baselinescene.

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(2/) Where will new jobs from AI come from? Fabien explained, "perhaps the better question is where all the new products are going to come from ... I am very curious about all of the latent markets with attendant employment that are going to emerge in the AI age."
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(4/) "The most fundamental challenge of our economies today," he argued, is "the transition question. And it's one we can handle more or less elegantly and more or less intelligently, but it's coming at us at great speed."
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(1/) Last week, we welcomed Fabien Curto Millet, Google's Chief Economist, to MIT to share his insights on the workforce and economic impacts of AI. He emphasized that the full effect of AI on jobs will include jobs lost, jobs gained, and jobs changed. 🧵
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MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work retweeted
Excited to be there in person for this one. It’s always a special pleasure to see Daron, and even more so to have the chance to listen, learn, and exchange ideas with some of the best minds of our time. Looking forward to this! @DAcemogluMIT @MITshapingwork
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We asked co-director Simon Johnson how things have changed since his book "Power and Progress" (co-authored with @DAcemogluMIT) came out in 2023. Is it too late to redirect the path of AI? Watch the full AMA video with @baselinescene: piped.video/watch?v=OgMbxjEA…
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The first China Shock cost many jobs. On ABC News Daily, @davidautor argues that China Shock 2.0 will target critical sectors and prove even worse than the first. piped.video/watch?v=OToQkmNd…
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New research from @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and co-authors finds that lower birth rates have not slowed economic growth over the past 70 years, and in fact have increased productivity per worker. Read more on Substack: mitstonecenter.substack.com/…
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Co-director @baselinescene: "We’re inventing AI in a society that’s already very unequal, and we’re plugging it into a labor market that’s already primed to become more polarized. I think the default course is for AI to reinforce those existing trends." Podcast linked below 👇
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