Applying AI to Rebuild Middle Class Jobs

Summary 

David Autor's research offers a nuanced perspective on the evolving dynamics between artificial intelligence (AI) and the labor market. A central theme is the potential of AI to democratize high-stakes decision-making tasks across various professions, such as medicine, law, software engineering, and education, which have traditionally been the purview of highly trained, elite experts. Autor suggests that AI can extend the reach and enhance the value of human expertise by integrating information processing with experiential learning, thus enabling a broader segment of the workforce to participate in complex decision-making processes.

Contrary to early Information Age predictions that technology would flatten economic hierarchies by making information widely accessible, Autor observes that computerization