How will AI impact inequality, in the US and globally? Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social discusses what the preliminary data suggests.

Global economies whose competitive advantage currently comes from labor-intensive work could have the most to lose.

To predict how AI will impact jobs, co-director @davidautor.bsky.social explains, we need to understand how it changes the expertise required for an occupation.

"It's very possible that AI will change who can do certain types of work."

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.

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The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative is now the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work. Hear from our co-directors @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @davidautor.bsky.social, and @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social about our mission and goals for the years ahead.

We asked co-director @davidautor.bsky.social if he thinks US tariffs and trade policy signal the end of the globalization era.

He explains: "I don't think globalization is over, but I think the US leadership of globalization may be over."

Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains why the US auto industry had such a massive increase in productivity in the early 20th century — and how workers were able to benefit, despite widespread automation.

Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social explains why the centralized nature of the social media ecosystem, which puts an enormous amount of power in the hands of a few platforms, is a threat to democracy — and why AI may be headed in the same direction.

Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social explains key findings from his recent NBER working paper, co-authored with our research affiliate @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, Gordon Hanson, Maggie Jones, and Bradley Setzler.

Read the paper: shapingwork.mit.edu/research/pla...

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Co-director @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social argues that Trump’s tariffs don’t mean the end of globalization, but rather a remaking of it.

The flows of ideas, trade, finance, and people will be reorganized, with significant consequences for who wins and loses around the world — and who has good jobs.