DAVIDSON DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN ECONOMETRICS
with Professor David H. Autor (MIT)
Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future
31 October 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00
McGill University
The Davidson Distinguished Lecture in Econometrics was established in October 2022, thanks to the generosity of Professor Russell Davidson. The Lecture will invite prominent figures to the McGill campus, increase the Department of Economics’ visibility, and allow students and faculty to see more of the broader academic world.
On October 31, please join us for this year’s lecture, featuring guest speaker David H. Autor, who will be delivering a presentation entitled: Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future.
Will epochal advances in Artificial Intelligence complement human expertise, thereby increasing its value, or render it increasingly unnecessary? During both the industrial and computer revolutions, the forms of expertise rewarded by the labor market changed substantially, with vastly uneven consequences for workers in different occupations and possessing different education levels. These forces will play out differently again in the AI era. While the future is a design problem not a forecasting exercise, Autor will discuss the challenges that AI poses for the labor market, as well as some of the novel opportunities it offers.
LOCATION : McGill University, Faculty Club, 3450, rue McTavish, Montréal, Québec H3A 0E5
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