Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

By: Computer Science and Telecommunications Board and Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences and Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education and Board on Human-Systems Integration and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Committee on Automation and the U.S. Workforce: An Update

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Synopsis: Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to improve productivity significantly, but there are many questions about how AI could affect jobs and workers. Recent technical innovations have driven the rapid development of generative AI systems, which produce text, images, or other content based on user requests - advances which have the potential to complement or replace human labor in specific tasks, and to reshape demand for certain types of expertise in the labor market. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work evaluates recent advances in AI technology and their implications for economic productivity, the workforce, and education in the United States. The report notes that AI is a tool with the potential to enhance human labor and create new forms of valuable work - but this is not an inevitable outcome. Tracking progress in AI and its impacts on the workforce will be critical to helping inform and equip workers and policymakers to flexibly respond to AI developments.