Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
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At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates new jobs, who gets them? How well . . .
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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
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At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates new jobs, who gets them? How well . . .