Brookings scholar Harry Holzer just released an interesting short piece analyzing the potential impact of artificial intelligence on job displacement; in it, makes five recommendations for mitigating AI’s impact on middle-class job opportunities. Educators at all levels should teach noncognitive skills, while continuing to foster narrower, in-demand technical skills that are connected to immediate employment opportunities. Image via Twenty20. Summarizing OECD data on the topic, Holzer estimates that between 10 and 30 percent of US jobs are susceptible to partial or complete automation, with lower-skilled occupations at a much higher risk of complete displacement by AI. Higher skilled jobs […]
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