Will AI Help or Hurt Workers? New Research Shows an Unexpected Answer - WSJ

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This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/economy/will-ai-help-hurt-workers-income-productivity-5928a389 By | Photographs by Simon Simard for WSJ Dec. 29, 2024 5:30 am ET Listen (8 min) Daron Acemoglu, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who recently won the Nobel Prize in economics, worries that artificial intellig