Comment by Rachel U. Greszler

AI holds enormous promise for improving productivity, expanding opportunity, and enhancing the quality of work. Like past technological innovations—from the Industrial Revolution to the rise of computing—AI has the potential to complement human labor, reduce burdensome tasks, and create new forms of economic activity. History shows that these innovations always lead to higher incomes, new jobs, and improved living standards over the long run. While AI’s onset is swifter than past innovations and it brings unique self-learning capabilities, there is no reason to believe it will defy past innovations and make people worse off.