David Autor is a labor economist at MIT. He has written about how the arrival of personal computers increased inequality among American workers. But when it comes to AI, David thinks there could be a different outcome.

Read David’s article about AI in Noema Magazine.

In this episode, David explains:

How computers increased the wage gap between college and non-college educated workers
Why AI’s ability to supplement expertise may open up expert fields to more people
How AI could make healthcare and legal services cheaper
What fields will still experience rapid devaluation of skills due to AI
The “no regrets” policies that the US could enact to help ease the impact of AI

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