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The possibility that AI will automate most cognitive labor is worth taking seriously. How should we adapt to this transformation? I start from the perspective, articulated in the essay “AI as normal technology”, that the true bottlenecks lie downstream of capabilities and that AI’s impacts will unfold gradually over decades. If this is true, there are major gaps in our current evidence infrastructure, because it over-emphasizes the capability layer.
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The possibility that AI will automate most cognitive labor is worth taking seriously. How should we adapt to this transformation? I start from the perspective, articulated in the essay “AI as normal technology”, that the true bottlenecks lie downstream of capabilities and that AI’s impacts will unfold gradually over decades. If this is true, there are major gaps in our current evidence infrastructure, because it over-emphasizes the capability layer.
The AI Index, currently in its ninth year, tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence.

The AI Index, currently in its ninth year, tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence.
Strategic stability exists when neither side thinks it can improve its strategic outcome by striking first.

Strategic stability exists when neither side thinks it can improve its strategic outcome by striking first.
HAI Faculty Associate Director Susan Athey and new incoming HAI senior fellow Erik Brynjolfsson invited researchers working on AI and labor markets across the Stanford community to come together in a virtual event on May 18th, to present and discuss ongoing research and build ties for future collaborations.
How is AI impacting the labor market? How is it changing labor demand and supply, occupations, hiring, labor mobility, firm organization, and behavior? Various groups from different disciplines across campus ranging from Economics, Business, Management Science and Engineering, Politics, Sociology or Computer Science are working on these important questions from different angles, with different lenses and methodologies. The workshop aimed to bring the working group together to enable cross-disciplinary discussions and inspire future research collaborations.