A Bipartisan Bid To Prepare Workers for AI Economy
Graduates are expressing anxiety about AI's impact on future employment, highlighted by recent speeches and public opinion polls. Researchers note that rising youth unemployment predates widespread AI adoption, suggesting broader post‑pandemic labor shifts. In response, the American Enterprise Institute and the Urban Institute have launched a bipartisan commission to study AI’s effects on jobs and propose policy options.
- ▪Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned graduates that AI could make jobs disappear, sparking backlash at a University of Arizona commencement.
- ▪A Gallup survey found Gen Zers are three times more likely to view AI risks as outweighing benefits, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed 53% of Americans fear AI could cause household job loss.
- ▪Liberty Street Economics reported that the increase in youth unemployment began before AI diffusion, indicating other factors like remote‑work trends are at play.
- ▪The AEI‑Urban Institute Commission on Artificial Intelligence and the American Workforce, launched on June 11, will spend a year evaluating AI’s impact on jobs and developing bipartisan policy recommendations.
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