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Christopher Pissarides: 'The more I study AI, the more optimistic I get about the labour market'

Maayan Arad and Christopher A. Pissarides


The rapid developments in artificial intelligence have been causing fears that many jobs will disappear. But Christopher Pissarides sees reason for optimism. In this Q&A with Maayan Arad, he says that the need to deal with new technologies will lead to new jobs, with new skills in demand. We can no longer learn a skill early on and apply it to our jobs for the rest of our lives.


18 September 2023


LSE Business Review


https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2023/09/18/christopher-pissarides-the-more-i-study-ai-the-more-optimistic-i-get-about-the-labour-market/

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