Brookings President: AI Will Force a Rethink of the Social Safety Net
facinabush · reddit · 2026-10-11
Brookings Institution President Cecilia Elena Rouse, speaking at The Washington Post's AI Edge Summit, argues AI will require rethinking the US social safety net. Topics include whether AI displaces jobs or boosts demand, adaptive capacity and reskilling policy, whether AI agents count as laborers, unemployment insurance and federal revenue under structural change, UBI and human purpose, and AI's role in K-12 and higher education.
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