OpenAI AGI Economy Conference: Labor-Market Effects Debate Fades as Attendance Grows
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-26
Attendee connacher shares takeaways from OpenAI's 2026 AGI Economy Conference, hosted by chief economist Ronnie Chatterji with researchers from academia and industry: attendance was far higher than last year, and the once-heated debate over whether emergent labor-market effects are real has faded as a focal point.
The shift suggests AI's impact on jobs has moved from open question to widely accepted premise.
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