Fighting Coronavirus with Big Data
An article from Harvard Business Review co-written by CSAIL’s Julie Shah. At MIT, efforts are underway to use existing mobile technologies to quickly develop game-changing, privacy-preserving contact...
View ArticleHow to Restart the Economy With a Post-pandemic Workforce
MIT's Alex "Sandy" Pentland outlines 3 ways testing and technology can help identify a “safe” workforce. The post How to Restart the Economy With a Post-pandemic Workforce appeared first on AI and The...
View ArticleHow Many Jobs Do Robots Really Replace?
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. The post How Many Jobs Do Robots Really Replace? appeared first on AI and The Work of The Future Congress.
View ArticleThe Nature of Work after the COVID Crisis: Too Few Low-Wage Jobs
David Autor and Elisabeth Reynolds ask whether the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the conventional wisdom about automation and inequality in the United States over the past four decades. The post The...
View ArticleWill Autonomous Vehicles Bring A Jobless Future? A New MIT Report Says Not So...
MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future has looked closely at the implications of autonomous vehicles for employment. The post Will Autonomous Vehicles Bring A Jobless Future? A New MIT Report Says...
View ArticleCan AI Tell Us When To Use AI And When Not To?
New research from CSAIL suggests that AI itself might be able to accurately adjudicate whether a task is best suited to a human or to technology. The post Can AI Tell Us When To Use AI And When Not To?...
View Article“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots”
A book co-authored by MIT Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers. The post “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots” appeared first on...
View Article3Q: Evaluating skills, education, and workforce training in the US
MIT professors Kathleen Thelen and Paul Osterman explore the highly fragmented US workforce training system and comparable programs in Europe. The post 3Q: Evaluating skills, education, and workforce...
View Article3 Questions: John Van Reenen on the Impact of Technology on Health Care Workers
Dramatic improvements in information technology have the potential to transform health-care delivery, and a key question is how such changes will affect the health-care workforce of the future. The...
View ArticleReport Outlines Route Toward Better Jobs, Wider Prosperity
The final report from MIT’s Task Force on the Work of the Future summarizes over two years of research on technology and jobs. The post Report Outlines Route Toward Better Jobs, Wider Prosperity...
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