Dan Katz
Artificial intelligence has reignited an old fear—that technology will eliminate work faster than economies can adapt. Variations of this concern appear every time powerful new technologies emerge. What feels different today is the speed, scope, and visibility of AI’s advance, particularly in cognitive tasks long assumed to be uniquely human.
Yet history shows that whenever new technology emerges, economies ultimately undergo deep structural transformation. This allows labor markets to adapt to the potential of the new technology.
Inevitably, many jobs will be changed by AI adoption. Some will be enhanced. Others may be rendered obsolete. But the decline of particular types of jobs is not the same as a sustained reduction in overall employment. If history is any guide, it is not the technology itself that could cause mass unemployment, but the policies deployed in response.
Πηγή: IMF