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AI and the future of the job market

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A recent report from a firm called Citrini Research lays out a bleak future that comes with artificial intelligence's displacement of white-collar workers. The report has prompted more fears on Wall Street about the economic impacts and has also sparked a debate about whether it's an accurate picture of what's to come.

Daron Acemoglu is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a 2024 Nobel laureate in economics. He speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about what he predicts AI will lead to in work and the economy.

This segment aired on February 26, 2026.

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