OpenAI Economist Sees ‘Care Economy’ Jobs Growing in AI Age
Artificial intelligence is already changing what workers do, even if its effects are not yet showing up clearly in unemployment numbers. OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji says workers are taking on tasks that once required other roles, while jobs centered on human interaction, including the “care economy,” could see growing demand as AI changes the workforce. He expects AI's broader productivity effects to become more visible in economic data over the next 18 to 24 months.
The shift shows why AI's impact on work is unlikely to be as simple as jobs gained or jobs lost. As the economy adjusts, an AI Dividend Trust Fund could give Americans another way to participate in the economic value AI creates.