The two disciplines of AI and philosophy might seem like polar opposites, but lecturer Michael Schrage and executive director of MIT Sloan Management Review David Kiron, argued that one can't function without the other: "When implementing AI, most organizations obsess over the technology, but our research reveals a surprising truth. Philosophy is what truly determines AI success."

In their paper Can ChatGPT Plan Your Retirement?, professor Andrew W. Lo and co-author argued that AI-powered financial advisers could represent the future of financial planning. However, they noted that these tools still require significant improvement before they can truly replace human advisers.

Research going back to the 1940s has linked automation to degraded job quality and opportunities for workers, said MIT IDE digital fellow Matt Beane (SM '14, PhD '17). "Generally, the better we get at automating the humans left in the building, especially at low-paid, entry-level frontline jobs, they are, unless very artfully managed, just going to get quite deskilled," said Beane.