Future of Work

David Autor and Neil Thompson on the importance of using AI tools to collaborate with humans and the nuances of how AI affects productivity and replaces workers.

U.S. manufacturing productivity remains flat despite an uptick in new factory and workforce growth in recent years. MIT experts suggest three solutions.

The age of agentic AI — systems that are semi- or fully autonomous and can act on their own — has arrived. Here’s what you need to know, according to MIT experts.

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.