What does a pro-worker application of AI look like in practice?
Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social describes the Electrician's Assistant tool developed by Schneider Electric. The AI provides real-time field support to electricians and electrical engineers, making their expertise more effective.
The IMF recently revised its global growth projections downward, expecting the Iran war to slow the global economy and raise inflation. Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social discussed these predictions on @npr.org.
www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...
On the latest episode of their podcast, co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social & Gary Gensler discuss AI: whether we're in a boom or a bubble, what history can teach us about how AI will impact jobs, and how US policymakers should respond.
Listen here: www.powerandconsequences.com/p/episode-se...
On Wednesday 4/15 from 12-1 PM ET, join the Stone Center and MIT Sloan for a fireside chat with @carloscuerpo.bsky.social, Spain's first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, and co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social.
Watch the livestream: web.mit.edu/webcast/mits...
What is the definition of "pro-worker AI"? Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social explains: pro-worker AI creates new, complementary tasks for workers to do, rather than purely automating tasks.
On The Good Fight podcast, @davidautor.bsky.social and Yascha Mounk discuss what lessons the US failed to learn from the China trade shock, how AI will reshape the job market, and more.
writing.yaschamounk.com/p/david-autor
Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social & others submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court.
The brief argues that US companies should be liable if their technology is used to surveil workers or suppress wages in ways that violate human rights.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
(7/) These findings highlight the importance of new work in counteracting job displacement from automation. New work not only creates new jobs, but these jobs tend to require specialized expertise and pay higher wages.
(6/) 💡 New work can be traced back to specific places and times. Demand shocks such as public investment and technological change shape the new expertise that emerges.
(5/) 📉 The “newer” the new work, the higher the wage premium. “Older” new work commands less of a premium as more people acquire relevant expertise.
(4/) 💵 Workers earn higher wages in new work, reflecting the value of their scarce, specialized expertise.
(3/) 🎓 New work attracts younger workers and workers with more education.
(2/) A new paper by co-director @davidautor.bsky.social, Caroline Chin, affiliate Anna Salomons, and Bryan Seegmiller finds that new work differs systematically from more jobs in existing occupations.
(1/) At least 18% of US workers today are employed in jobs that didn't exist before 1970. But “new work” is not the only way for new jobs to emerge – jobs are also created when an existing occupation expands. How do these jobs in new work compare with more jobs in existing work? 🧵
What happened to US workers when China joined the WTO, and how have these workers fared since? How should policymakers respond?
Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social spoke with @gsas.harvard.edu about his research on the continued impacts of the China Shock.
gsas.harvard.edu/news/david-a...
Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social describes some of the economic consequences of the conflict in Iran, including the ripple effects of rising oil prices.
For an in-depth discussion of this topic, check out Simon's new podcast with Gary Gensler: simonhrjohnson.substack.com/p/episode-th...
Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social explains the difference between automation technologies and collaboration technologies — and why there is huge untapped potential for AI to be used as a collaboration tool.
💡Why does wealth inequality matter? Our recent symposium at MIT examined the origins, mechanisms, and political consequences of high inequality. Read a recap of the event: shapingwork.mit.edu/news/event-r...
Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social participated in a recent debate on the question: Will AI make work obsolete?
"We need to redirect the direction of artificial intelligence, but it's not what's happening," he argued.
Watch the debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lij...
📸 Poll Bravo
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics event featuring a presentation titled “Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence.” Details include date, time, location, and presenter Shay O’Brien, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate. Information about learning more is also provided.
Tomorrow! We're thrilled to welcome @shayobrien.bsky.social, Postdoc @mitshapingwork.bsky.social , to CID as she presents, "Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence.”
Learn more and RSVP: myumi.ch/3RWWp
Why aim to mimic human intelligence with AI, when AI has different comparative advantages?
@dacemoglumit.bsky.social explains the motivation behind the recent essay "Building pro-worker artificial intelligence," authored by our co-directors.
Link to essay below👇
💻 Webinar tomorrow! AI + work: Building pro-worker AI
On 2/25 at 2 PM EST, co-directors @dacemoglumit.bsky.social , @davidautor.bsky.social & @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social will participate in a virtual panel discussion hosted by @hamiltonproject.org.
Register: www.hamiltonproject.org/event/buildi...
An article from MIT Sloan features insights from @zbucinca.bsky.social, @emollick.bsky.social & @dacemoglumit.bsky.social at our launch event, including:
🔎 Defining pro-worker AI
🚫 3 barriers to its implementation
💡 Design & strategy principles needed to build it
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
Dear followers, please see the thread below on the 2026 International AI Safety Report, which was released last week and which I advised.
internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/...
We partnered with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social to help select grantees who are conducting conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI, one of multiple calls for proposals under the AI at Work program.
Read about the projects: www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scie...
Miss our symposium on Why Wealth Inequality Matters this week? Watch a full recording of the event. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSeL...
📅 Don't miss our symposium exploring Why Wealth Inequality Matters on Tuesday, January 27 from 1-5 PM EST.
Register to join us in person at MIT or watch the livestream: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
What are the structural differences between income & wealth inequality? How has history shaped the racial wealth gap in the US?
Hear from Ellora Derenoncourt, Alexandra Killewald & Wojciech Kopczuk on these questions and more at our symposium next week.
Register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
