Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work
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Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work

Molly Kinder, Xavier de Souza Briggs, Mark Muro and Sifan Liu
Brookings Institution, 2024
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Over the next several decades, generative AI will change the nature of work by boosting productivity. Yet its accompanying challenges might include job losses, labor migration, and industry disruption. Policy experts Molly Kinder, Xavier de Souza Briggs, Mark Muro, and Sifan Liu explore the many ramifications of generative AI for employers, employees, and entrepreneurs. Executives and investors will find this a robust and useful examination of generative AI and its role in the future of work.

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Generative AI will produce positive and negative externalities when it comes to labor.

In 2022, the creators of ChatGPT-3.5 released generative AI to the world. The new technology provided an alternative to conventional work and content creation. Though innovations and automation have disrupted labor models for centuries, Gen AI presents a new, unique set of issues. For many stakeholders, one emerging concern is that it will replace workers as the technology evolves and its uses multiply across industries.

Due to the rapid rise of Gen AI, businesses, workers, and governments have not properly prepared to assess the promise and potential economic peril of the widespread adoption of the technology. Some observers believe Gen AI could...

About the Authors

Molly Kinder, Xavier de Souza Briggs, Mark Muro, and Sifan Liu are professionals at the Brookings Institution. 

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