Google's chief economist: AI will transform more jobs than it kills — gains come from redesigning workflows
danielrock · x · 2026-11-02
An MIT Sloan interview with Google's chief economist yields four takeaways on AI and jobs: AI will transform far more jobs than it eliminates outright, and the biggest productivity gains will come not from bolting AI onto existing workflows but from redesigning those workflows entirely.
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