AI and the Labor Market: Productivity, Jobs, and the Future of Work
301 19th Ave S
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
As artificial intelligence transitions from frontier technology to widespread commercial infrastructure, its footprint on the modern economy is expanding rapidly. As AI adoption continues to accelerate across industries, how will it affect productivity, wages, employment, and the skills workers need to succeed?
Moderated by Galin Jones, Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Minnesota, this roundtable will feature Lawrence Schmidt of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kyle Herkenhoff of the University of Minnesota. The discussion will examine how AI is reshaping labor markets, including its effects on productivity, job displacement, wages, and the evolving demand for worker skills. Panelists will also explore the broader implications of AI for innovation, economic inequality, and long-term economic growth.
Bringing together leading experts in labor economics and technological change, this conversation will offer timely insights into some of the pressing questions defining our economic future.
About the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute
The Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute is a global initiative in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota created to inform and influence public policy by supporting and promoting frontier economic research and by communicating our findings to leading academics, policymakers, and business executives around the world.