Ronnie Chatterji says AI is already reshaping job duties, but its broader effects may take another 18 to 24 months to show up in productivity statistics.Dr. Ronnie Chatterji, chief economist at OpenAI, in Washington, D.C., in 2025.Pete Kiehart / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileAug. 29, 2026, 3:16 PM EDTOpenAI’s chief economist says some of the clearest signs of AI’s impact on work may not yet be showing up in unemployment headlines. Instead, Ronnie Chatterji says, they can be seen in the tasks workers are increasingly able to do themselves, including work that might have fallen to colleagues in other roles.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
OpenAI’s chief economist sees ‘care economy’ jobs growing in AI age
Ronnie Chatterji says AI is already reshaping job duties, but its broader effects may take another 18 to 24 months to show up in productivity statistics.
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