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Category: Future of Work
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The “2026 State of Tech Talent Report” was recently published by Linux Foundation Research. “Over the past several years, the Linux Foundation has surveyed hiring and training stakeholders to capture the state of the technical talent market amid technological shifts and economic changes,” wrote authors Adrienn Lawson, Marco Gerosa, and Anna Hermansen in the report’s…
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“Artificial intelligence is shaping how many college students think about their academic paths,” said a recently published Gallup article, “College Students Weigh AI’s Impact on Majors and Careers.” Forty-two percent of bachelor’s degree students say AI has caused them to give serious thought to changing their major, including 13% who say they have thought about…
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“Transformative AI has revolutionary potential,” wrote Stanford University postdoctoral fellow Gabriel Unger in “Economic Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence,” one of the 21 essays in Volume 2 of The Digitalist Papers — a roadmap of the relentlessly advancing capabilities of the AI revolution. Unger adds that the AI revolution has arrived at a particularly significant moment. “America…
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“New technologies don’t emerge in a vacuum,” wrote Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI in “The Democratizing of Intelligence,” one of 21 essays in The Digitalist Papers Volume 2, — a roadmap of the relentlessly advancing capabilities of the AI revolution. “In the beginning, they often reflect and amplify the inequalities of their time —…
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A few weeks ago, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) released the 2026 AI Index Report, its ninth annual analysis of the impact, progress, and trends of AI. Led by an interdisciplinary group of experts from across academia and industry, the AI Index offers one of the most comprehensive, data-driven views of the…
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In a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “When Using AI Leads to ‘Brain Fry,’” participants in a research study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group described experiencing “a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches” due to excessive use or oversight of AI tools beyond their cognitive capacity. The article’s authors —…
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The January 31, 2026 issue of The Economist included a special focus on the mounting anxiety about the social consequences of AI, with four articles devoted to the subject. “Solving fiendish maths problems, making complex medical diagnoses, conjuring up new software in moments: the feats of generative AI get more impressive by the day,” noted…
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“Transformative AI will generate a genius supply shock: abundant, cheap, and fast agents that can outperform human beings across many domains. But society is likely to adapt too slowly to this remarkable but unfamiliar new capability,” wrote University of Toronto professors Ajay Agrawal and Joshua S. Gans in the introduction to their essay, “Transformative AI and…
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The Digitalist Papers is a series of essays that aim to offer insights on the “possible futures that the AI revolution might produce.” The first volume, released in September 2024, included twelve essays that explored the intersection of AI and democracy in America. Volume 2, released in December 2025, includes 21 essays that examined the…
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A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt hosted an online conversation about the impact that AI is already having on employment and how large a transition society may be facing with three prominent economists: MIT’s David Autor, the University of Virginia’s Anton Korinek, and Yale University’s Natasha Sarin. I found their discussion…