Future of Work

The work tasks that AI is least likely to replace are those that depend on uniquely human capacities, such as empathy, judgment, ethics, and hope.

The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions.

Artificial intelligence can be useful in the workplace, but humans have to first define what success looks like, according to MIT Sloan’s Danielle Li.

A combination of AI and humans works best in tasks where humans outperform AI and in those that involve creating content.

MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu predicts that artificial intelligence will have a “nontrivial, but modest” effect on GDP in the next decade.

Here are insights from senior leaders, scientists, and a Nobel laureate that captured the business mood in 2024.

Nobel laureate Simon Johnson says that AI can be an equalizing force, but warns that new technology does not automatically benefit everyone.

Leaders from Google, ING, and Capital One advise avoiding the “gold rush mentality” around artificial intelligence and following these six steps instead.

When software developers were given access to an AI coding tool, productivity increased — particularly among newer hires and more junior employees.

In the U.S., front-line workers’ attitudes toward unions are softening, especially among people under 30. Here’s what they want from their workplaces.