Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping Global Work

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the global workforce at an unprecedented rate and scale ??" reshaping industries, redefining skills, and creating new opportunities. What does empirical evidence say about how AI-driven progress is actually impacting a broad range of workers?

Low- and middle-income countries face unique challenges as economies shift toward tech-driven work, especially due to high levels of informal employment and limited reskilling resources. However, these countries also have opportunities to leverage AI for economic growth by implementing strategic policies, investing in workforce development, and fostering innovation.

Co-hosted by the Stanford King Center on Global Development and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping Global Work will explore what evidence reveals about who is being affected by changing work dynamics and how economic realities are shifting across different income levels.

Panelists include: 

• Iqbal Dhaliwal, Global Executive Director of J-PAL and co-chair of the Partnership for AI Evidence
• Erica Finkle, Director of AI policy at Meta
• Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, HAI Fellow at Stanford and head of the Human Dynamics research group at the MIT Media Lab

King Center Noosheen Hashemi Visiting Fellow Namrata Kala, Associate Professor in Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, will moderate the conversation.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on how AI is reshaping global work dynamics, with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries. This event promises valuable insights for policymakers, business leaders, and academics alike.