Giving Compass' Take:

•  These authors at Bookings argue that better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure and impact from artificial intelligence (AI) affecting their jobs. 

• How can philanthropists expect and adapt to the onset of artificial intelligence? How will it affect charitable giving?

• Learn more about artificial intelligence and the future of humans. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has generated increasing interest in “future of work” discussions in recent years as the technology has achieved superhuman performance in a range of valuable tasks, ranging from manufacturing to radiology to legal contracts. With that said, though, it has been difficult to get a specific read on AI’s implications on the labor market.

In part because the technologies have not yet been widely adopted, previous analyses have had to rely either on case studies or subjective assessments by experts to determine which occupations might be susceptible to a takeover by AI algorithms. What’s more, most research has concentrated on an undifferentiated array of “automation” technologies including robotics, software, and AI all at once. The result has been a lot of discussion—but not a lot of clarity—about AI, with prognostications that range from the utopian to the apocalyptic.

Read the full article about what jobs will be affected by artificial intelligence by Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim at Brookings.