The Economy Made It Through 2025. The New Year Will Be Harder.
The new year will pose numerous problems that won’t be so easily overcome.
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When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
I was now facing the same reality my working-class neighbors knew well: the world had changed, my work had all but disappeared, and still, the bills wouldn’t stop coming.
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Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize
Companies benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.
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3 Theories for Why G.D.P. Is Up but Job Growth Is Slowing
There are some possible explanations for what’s happening with seemingly conflicting macroeconomic data.
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Exploring how AI will shape the future of work
“MIT hasn’t just prepared me for the future of work — it’s pushed me to study it. As AI systems become more capable, more of our online activity will be carried out by artificial agents. That raises big questions: How should we design these systems to understand our preferences? What happens when AI begins making
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Improving the workplace of the future
Whitney Zhang ’21 believes in the importance of valuing workers regardless of where they fit into an organizational chart.Zhang is a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Economics studying labor economics. She explores how the technological and managerial decisions companies make affect workers across the pay spectrum. “I’ve been interested in economics, economic impacts, and related social
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