Looking for human opportunity in an AI world

Published April 24, 2026 6:26am ET | Updated April 28, 2026 8:50am ET



Artificial intelligence could be the end of the jobs world as we know it. Or conversely, it could herald a new era of innovation and job creation.

The longer-term future of AI and its effects on the world of work remain largely unknown and the subject of inordinate speculation at either extreme. What we can be reasonably sure of about AI, however, is that it will continue to dominate current discussions about the future of work.

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