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MIT economics professor David Autor wants everyone to calm down about the robot jobs takeover: It's definitely not happening now, and not likely to happen anytime soon. In a paper released for the ...

Acclaimed MIT Ford Professor of Economics David Autor hosted a Quora Session on February 3rd, 2017. He answered questions like “What major economic issues are most concerning to economists in 2017?” ...

MIT economics professor David Autor and president and CEO of Y Combinator Garry Tan join Washington Post Live to discuss how the next phase of the artificial intelligence revolution could impact ...

David Autor, Professor of Economics at MIT, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss why Investing in innovation will drive new job creation. SEANA SMITH: So when we think about the future of work, I think ...

MIT economist David Autor is warning that AI could create a "Mad Max" scenario, in which the job market becomes dominated by cheap and commoditized labor. Autor made his grim prediction during an ...

If you’ve ever found yourself fretting about the possibility that software and robotics are on the verge of thieving away all our jobs, renowned MIT labor economist David Autor is out with a new paper ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US downturn news every morning. David Autor chooses a surprising quote for the start of his latest paper on automation and jobs: In 1966 ...

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When Americans consider how technology has changed their lives, they tend to focus on how the internet and smartphones have altered how they watch TV, connect with friends, or how they shop. But those ...

David Autor chooses a surprising quote for the start of his latest paper on automation and jobs: In 1966, the philosopher Michael Polanyi observed, “We can know more than we can tell… The skill of a ...