The economist behind the ‘China shock’ says AI is a paradoxical ‘skill-disequalizer’ for Gen Z workers

Gen Z was promised that AI would be the great equalizer: a tool that lets a 24-year-old produce work like a veteran’s. David Autor’s latest research suggests it may do the opposite. In a three-month experiment with patent lawyers, AI improved draft quality across the board. But when researchers took the tool away and tested independent judgment, only the experienced lawyers showed an average improvement. The juniors did not. “Our results challenge the idea of AI being an automatic skill equalizer,” Autor said in written responses to Fortune .

Source: Fortune Crypto