Labor and jobs
Labor and jobs

Exploring how AI will shape the future of work

For PhD student Benjamin Manning, the future of work means grasping AI’s role on our behalf while transforming and accelerating social scientific discovery.

Improving the workplace of the future

Economics doctoral student Whitney Zhang investigates how technologies and organizational decisions shape labor markets.

MIT gears up to transform manufacturing

The Initiative for New Manufacturing is convening experts across the Institute to drive a transformation of production across the U.S. and the world.

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.

Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

The consortium will bring researchers and industry together to focus on impact.

What do we know about the economics of AI?

Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy.

President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AI

The conversation in Kresge Auditorium touched on the promise and perils of the rapidly evolving technology.

MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning

At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.

Most work is new work, long-term study of U.S. census data shows

The majority of U.S. jobs are in occupations that have emerged since 1940, MIT research finds — telling us much about the ways jobs are created and lost.