David Autor

@davidautor.bsky.social

David H. Autor is an American economist, public policy scholar, and professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also acts as co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative. Although Autor has contributed to a variety of fields in economics his research generally focuses on topics from labor economics. .. more

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · 11d

In The Digitalist Papers, @davidautor.bsky.social and Neil Thompson envision potential scenarios for how AI will transform work.

“Automation’s impacts on both employment and wages depend not only on how many tasks are automated, but which," they write.

www.digitalistpapers.com/vol2/autorth...

Beyond Job Displacement: How AI Could Reshape the Value of Human Expertise — Digitalist Papers

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...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Nov 26

On Tuesday, December 2 at 11:00 AM EST, co-director @davidautor.bsky.social will deliver a presentation on Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future, organized by Pearson. Register for the webinar here: pearson.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Oct 3

On @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social, co-director @davidautor.bsky.social discusses his research findings on the impacts of globalization — and why these impacts can look very different for places versus people.

Listen here: pod.link/pitchforkeco...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Sep 10

📣 Come work with us!

📊 We're hiring Predoctoral Researchers to work closely with @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @davidautor.bsky.social, and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social

📅 Apply by September 21 to meet the priority deadline: shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Sep 3

Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social was interviewed on @cbsnews.com about how AI is affecting job searches, particularly for entry-level workers.

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How is artificial intelligence affecting job searches?

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...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Aug 25

In @theatlantic.com, co-director @davidautor.bsky.social and James Manyika explain why we should insist on developing AI as a collaboration tool, not just for automation — and what this would look like in practice.

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A Better Way to Think About AI

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 Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Jul 16

Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social explains findings from his new research with Neil Thompson. Automation (including AI) can make a job more or less "expert," raising or lowering wages, depending on the nature of the tasks it removes and/or creates.

Watch the full clip: youtu.be/1lOOKvufS4w

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Apr 11

We congratulate co-director @davidautor.bsky.social , whose book "The Work of the Future" (co-authored with Elisabeth Reynolds and David Mindell) has been selected as the winner of the inaugural 2025 @mitpress.bsky.social Faculty Book Award.

news.mit.edu/2025/mit-pre...

MIT Press announces new Faculty and Alumni Book Awards

The MIT Press established a new Faculty and Alumni Book Awards program and today announced its inaugural winners.

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · May 13

📣 We will soon become the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work!

Starting in July, we will usher in a significant new era of research, policy, and education, made possible by a gift from the Stone Foundation.

news.mit.edu/2025/mit-eco...

MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

The MIT Economics department will launch the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work, led by Daron Acemoglu and co-directors David Autor and Simon Johnson, t...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Jul 10

"One of the great challenges of our era is to figure out how to create tools, AIs, that support people using their expertise better and learning faster."

Hear more from @davidautor.bsky.social on the Possible podcast with @reidhoffman.bsky.social: youtu.be/MGKUTVyqJlI

A Threat Bigger than China | MIT Economist David Autor

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