October 29, 2025
Smarter Robots, Better People
I once hoped that generative artificial intelligence (AI) might leave manufacturing, which bore the brunt…
September 25, 2025
An Own-Goal H1-B Policy
The Trump administration’s proposed $100,000 surcharge on H-1B visa applications raises significant questions about the United States’…
September 18, 2025
Augment or Automate? Two Competing Visions for AI’s Economic Future
Sometimes coincidences are just coincidences, and sometimes they actually tell us something important. On Monday,…
September 15, 2025
Learning by Doing: AI, Knowledge Transfer, and the Future of Skills
In a recent blog, I discussed Stanford University economist Erik Brynjolfsson’s new study showing that young college graduates…
September 4, 2025
C’mon Student Athletes: Flex Those (Noncognitive) Muscles
For many years, I was a skeptic of school-based athletic programs. As a student government,…
August 21, 2025
When Human Fatigue Becomes AI’s Weakest Link
“Extreme work” is back, and it isn’t pretty. Reports from the AI sector point to…
August 19, 2025
Goldman: Stories of Workforce Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
The “smart money” has weighed in on potential AI employment impacts. The best way to…
August 14, 2025
Is AI Making Your Gastroenterologist Stupid? Probably Not.
Artificial intelligence is transforming everything, including the universally-dreaded colonoscopy—the frontline tool for preventing colorectal cancer….
August 4, 2025
Beyond Anecdotes
In a reversal of economic history, Microsoft, Intel, and other tech giants are using artificial…
July 17, 2025
Reasonable Panic
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is quietly launching the next wave of food automation through his new venture, CloudKitchens….
July 1, 2025
Irresistible Force, Meet the Immovable Object
Some important new numbers are out on the future of the US labor supply, highlighting how a…
April 24, 2025
AI “Slop” Comes for Job Interviews
We have all gotten used to the idea that generative AI can help bad writers…