I gave a talk at the European Parliament titled “AI and Future of Work”. This blog summarizes my talk. My main message is that, if we want to use AI to create goods jobs while increasing productivity, only investing in upskilling workers will not be enough. What else is needed? In many European countries there still exists a strong social dialogue between employers and workers. We can use this dialogue to adopt pro-worker AI.

This is a short mini-lecture about the 2024 Nobel in Economics awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and Jim Robinson. The video focusses on the recent book Power and Progress by Acemoglu and Johnson, and how recent technological progress has automated away good jobs that are socially valuable. The video specifically focusses on unions as an institution for worker power, the social value of collective agreements, and the welfare losses due to the automation of union jobs.

Dit artikel is een korte samenvatting van het werk van Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson en Simon Johnson. De vraag die centraal staat in hun werk is waarom slechts weinig landen in de wereld democratisch en welvarend zijn. Acemoglu, Robinson en Johnson wijzen op het belang economische en politieke instituties en de verdeling van macht in de maatschappij.

Wetenschapsjournalist Amanda Verdonk werkt aan een reeks over AI voor NEMO kennislink. Ze interviewde me over de gevolgen van AI voor de arbeidsmarkt.

This article summarizes a report I wrote for the European Commission in collaboration with the US Council of Economic Advisors. The report summarizes the most recent insights into the economic impact of AI with a focus on labor markets.

Milda and Vishwa cold called me whether I was interested in contributing to a podcast about the Future of Work as part of their podcasts series Wake Up Call. Entering the Zoom room, I had no idea what they would ask and was taken aback by their sharp questions, professionalism and enthousiasm.