29/05/2026
MIT economist David Autor’s study shows that while past technologies often replaced old jobs and created new ones mainly for young college graduates, AI may chart a different course: it can automate tasks (risking wage stagnation and devalued expertise) or amplify human skills (potentially rebuilding middle‑class work), with the outcome hinging on whether AI is designed as automation or collaboration and guided by supportive policy. Dizikes , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
New tech-enabled jobs have historically been filled by young, college-educated workers, and a lot of innovation-based new work is driven by demand, according to a new study of the postwar U.S.