Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 17:30 | KUNSTHAUS Zurich, Chipperfield Building

The NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award is enabling David Autor to investigate the relationship between technology and the labor market and to explore the erosion of demand for expert, specialized work, particularly among middle-skill workers. Through his NOMIS-supported project, Will New Technologies Complement or Commodify Expertise? Autor will assess whether and how new technological advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) may complement human expertise, thereby making labor more valuable, or whether instead these advances will commodify expertise, thus reducing the value of the work without necessarily eroding the number of jobs. His research will evaluate, quantify and test how AI and other technologies are reshaping the value of expertise, and consider innovations that could enhance AI’s potential to complement rather than supplant expertise.