Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy

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• Executive Summary Contents
  
  
  • Economics of AI-Driven Automation
  
  
  • Policy Responses
  
  
  • Conclusion
  
  
  
  


• Outreach and Development of this Report


• Introduction


• Economics of AI-Driven Automation
  
  
  • AI and the Macroeconomy: Technology and Productivity Growth
  
  
  • AI and the Labor Market: Diverse Potential Effects
  
  
  • Historical Effects of Technical Change
  
  
  • AI and the Labor Market: The Near Term
  
  
  • What kind of jobs will AI create?
  
  
  • Technology is Not Destiny—Institutions and Policies Are Critical
  
  
  
  


• Policy Responses
  
  
  • Strategy #1: Invest In and Develop AI for its Many Benefits
  
  
  • Strategy #2: Educate and Train Americans for Jobs of the Future
  
  
  • Strategy #3: Aid Workers in the Transition and Empower Workers to Ensure Broadly Shared Growth
  
  
  
  


• Conclusion


• References