Lynn Thoman

And this is a way of bringing more people into the middle class jobs.

And those additional tools you're talking about are AI.

Looking back at big technologies in history, could we have predicted the new types of jobs they created?

Technologies like tractors, cars, electricity, and the internet brought huge benefits for families, lower prices, new products.

But what about the workers whose jobs were disrupted?

What has happened to them?

Absolutely.

Many people assume that AI will follow the same path as past technologies.

In your view, how is AI genuinely different?

For years, people predicted that AI would replace professions like radiology.

What has actually happened so far and what does that tell us about AI and expertise?

You've said that AI could help build middle income jobs.

How exactly could that happen?

How can we prepare workers for an AI driven economy?

Some worry that if AI makes workers much more productive, we'll simply need fewer of them.

And there are other areas where productivity gains and lower prices could actually increase demand for workers.

Where do you see both of those situations?

What kind of industries?

Will we need fewer workers?

And where might we have lower prices and need more workers?