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SUMMARY:PEC Seminar with Aaron Benavav (University of Cornell) - The Impa
 ct of Generative AI on Employment: Hype\, Reality\, and the Future of Wo
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DESCRIPTION:This talk provides a critical analysis of the potential impac
 t of generative AI technologies\, such as ChatGPT\, on the job market. W
 hile researchers and tech leaders have predicted that AI will eliminate 
 a significant portion of human jobs\, Benanav argues that similar automa
 tion forecasts in the past\, such as those made about robots in the earl
 y 2010s\, largely failed to materialize in the predicted manner. Part of
  the reason for that failure was that robot technologies were hyped up f
 ar beyond their actual capabilities. But another reason is that these te
 chnologies tend to transform job tasks rather than eliminate professions
 . The discussion will delve into the limitations of AI in replicating hu
 man cognitive tasks\, the use of AI to control and monitor work\, and th
 e role of technology in reshaping rather than eradicating employment. Em
 phasizing the interplay between technological\, economic\, social\, and 
 political factors\, this conversation aims to provide a different perspe
 ctive on how AI might change the nature of work and the potential paths 
 forward\, including worker organization and alternative frameworks for t
 echnological development.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:3.204\, University Place
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