On January 21, 2025, the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative brought together policymakers, practitioners and scholars to explore how we can align innovation and equity in the digital economy.

The second panel of the afternoon focused on AI and opportunity, including: How is AI reshaping labor market opportunity, and for whom? What would good benchmarks look like for human-complementary technology?

Panelists:
John Horton, Associate Professor, MIT Sloan

Sendhil Mullainathan, Peter de Florez Professor, MIT

Lindsey Raymond, Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics and Computation at Microsoft Research & Harvard University

Chair:
David Autor, Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor, MIT Department of Economics, Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Co-Director

https://shapingwork.mit.edu/events/aligning-innovation-and-equity-in-the-digital-economy/

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