From algorithms that match the supply of workers to labour demand, to applications that help farmers gauge weather patterns, how is artificial intelligence affecting labour markets?
Widespread optimism about the potential of AI-based technology is countered by its evident risks of exacerbating inequalities. How can we reconcile the productivity increase of artificial intelligence with safeguards to ensure that its benefits are broadly shared? This theme explores the critical economic and ethical dimensions, as well as policy questions, of AI’s applications to the world of work.