Occupational, Industry, and Geographic Exposure to Artificial Intelligence: A Novel Dataset and Its Potential Uses
Edward Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans
Introducing a novel dataset for analyzing AI’s impact on workers, firms, and markets.
Tag: Organizaton of work
What We Get Wrong About Machines Taking Our Jobs
James Bessen quoted in Morning Brew about the effects of automation on employment.
The Future of Work is Now: Adoption and Impact of AI Tools in the Workplace
James Bessen and Robert Seamans on a panel hosted by R Street discussing the effects of automation technologies on labor, economic growth and future productivity.
Firm-Level Automation: Evidence from the Netherlands
James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge
New research on evidence of effects of automation on firms and workers in the Netherlands.
Toward Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor
Morgan R. Frank, David Autor, James E. Bessen, Erik Brynjolfsson, et al.
New research analyzing the barriers that inhibit accurately measuring the effects of AI and automation on the future of work and developing a decision framework that focuses on resilience to unexpected scenarios.
Amazon and Walmart add more robots, but insist they won’t terminate jobs
James Bessen quoted in Fast Company about the effects of automation on employment.
The Business of Artificial Intelligence Startups
James Bessen, Stephen Michael Impink, Lydia Reichensperger, and Robert Seamans
A new survey of AI startups offers insight into AI’s impact on jobs and the economy, including data suggesting a competitive market for startups and the use of AI to enhance rather than replace human labor.
AI and the Economy
Robert Seamans and Jason Furman
Is artificial intelligence (AI) having a large effect on the economy? A variety of statistics—including robotics shipments, AI startups, and patent counts—show a large increase in AI-related activity. AI and robotics also have the potential to increase productivity growth but may cause labor market upheaval. This paper explores some strategies and policies for dealing with this upheaval.
Value Migration and Industry 4.0: Theory, Field Evidence, and Propositions
Susan Helper, Raphael Martins, Robert Seamans
This paper offers several predictions about how Industry 4.0 – the coordinated use of robots, sensors, AI, and other digitally-enabled technologies in manufacturing – will affect which firms and occupations capture value in manufacturing. Using in-depth interviews with manufacturers that are part of the automotive value chain, the authors find that value migration within firms likely affects whether and how value migration occurs across firms.
Ridesharing hits hyper-growth
Ian Hathaway with Mark Muro. Latest available data for 2015 show that employment in ride-sharing is accelerating. Read more