Future of Work

As AI capabilities advance, the window for shaping whether the technology augments or replaces workers is narrowing. Decision makers need to step up, MIT researchers say.

To realize the greatest gains from artificial intelligence, we must make the future of work more human, not less.

These insights from business leaders, scholars, and scientists captured the business mood in 2025.

New books this year cover ecosystems, entrepreneurship, dynamic work design, and the paradox of meritocracy.

We are in the fourth wave of artificial intelligence. In his new book, Alex Pentland says understanding AI from the 1960s, 1980s, and 2000s can help us develop technology that supports shared wisdom.

Companies that act on input from front-line employees pay their workers more and experience a productivity bump that offsets those costs.

Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.

New research from MIT Sloan shows that companies can see substantial gains by putting AI to work — with that growth translating into jobs.

From MIT experts, strategies to transform skills, roles, and human potential across your organization.

New MIT research details the extent to which artificial intelligence will affect jobs, tasks, and costs in the transportation industry.