MIT economist David Autor, PhD ’99, discusses the "China Shock" and its devastating impact on US manufacturing jobs, labor markets, and local communities.

Many observers fear that the pursuit of transformative AI or artificial general intelligence (AGI) presents a challenge to the existing global order. Their worry is that the US and China, the two glob...

AI has already become a disruptor in the labor market, as job postings declined over the past year by 6.7%, with entry-level positions especially hard-hit. But not all industries are affected by the p...

AI can be used to automate tasks—and entire jobs. But it could also be designed to collaborate with humans. David Autor and James Manyika on why we should focus on the latter:

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MIT economist David Autor argues that focusing on exposure alone misses the nuances of how experts and nonexperts experience task shifts.

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