As more businesses begin to experiment with artificial intelligence and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for workers have intensified. In the US, the apparent disconnect between soaring stock-market valuations and falling total, or non-farm, job openings has fueled media narratives about technologically driven job destruction. Hardly a week goes by without new headlines about companies using AI to perform white-collar jobs, especially those typically filled by new graduates and those lower down the career ladder.

Forty percent of executives expect AI to help boost hiring of entry-level jobs, a new University of Pennsylvania Wharton study estimates.

Is artificial intelligence transforming the economy in any real sense, or is the promise of rapid growth mere hype? US stock markets certainly favor the former view: Shares of AI…

'While anxiety over the effects of AI on today’s labor market is widespread, data suggests it remains largely speculative'

As more businesses begin to experiment with artificial intelligence and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for workers have…

Almost everywhere, debates about artificial intelligence remain narrowly focused, indeed almost fixated, on its impact on employment and return on investment. Which jobs will…

"We suspect that job losses in tech have been driven mainly by AI displacement."