Conservatives Distrust Higher Ed—but Still Need Degrees
Ideological opposition to “woke” colleges and universities could harm conservatives and rural communities. American’s faith in our colleges and universities has seen a marked decline in recent years,...
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When Workers Say They Value Flexibility, They Mean It
FlexJobs, a career services firm specializing in remote and hybrid jobs, is out with another of its regular surveys on American attitudes towards job flexibility. Consistent with our own surveys,...
View ArticleThree Perspectives on the Future of AI
Is AI the end of the world, a new beginning, or just another chapter in the history of humans and their machines? In a thought-provoking trialogue, three leading experts, Daron Acemoglu, Adam Thierer,...
View ArticleMessage Received: The Trades Make for Good Careers
Monday’s Wall Street Journal covers the post-pandemic surge of interest in the skilled trades that has begun filling classrooms in apprenticeship and technical training schools. It appears spending...
View ArticleThe Social Workplace: Social Capital, Human Dignity, and Work in America,...
Executive Summary In this report, we analyze 41 interviews of participants in an earlier quantitative survey of worker attitudes. These interviews were targeted to survey participants age 22–29 to...
View ArticleWhite Rural Rage? Not So Fast
In White Rural Rage, political scientist Tom Schaller and journalist Paul Waldman examine the perceived anger and political leanings of white rural Americans. The authors argue that this demographic...
View ArticleWhat a New Report on 10 years of AI Research Reveals
‘Lifelong learning’ is not just a buzzword. It’s a necessity as artificial intelligence changes the workplace As artificial intelligence advances, the landscape of work may be undergoing a seismic...
View ArticleOn the Front Porch Series
Contemporary differences between rural and urban America have their roots in long-term demographic, economic, technological, and social factors. In a new event series, AEI’s Brent Orrell and the...
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2024 AI Index Report: AI’s Past and Future
Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence released its 2024 AI Index Report, last week. This document helps synthesize data across a variety of fields to track trends...
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Did AI Just Pass the Turing Test?
A recent study by UC San Diego researchers brings fresh insight into the ever-evolving capabilities of AI. The authors looked at the degree to which several prominent AI models, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and...
View ArticleSecuring AI Deployment: Balancing Safety and Benefits
This event will delve into AI workforce development and safety protocols, exploring industry cooperation and self-regulation for safely deploying frontier models. Experts and AEI scholars will share...
View ArticleBuilding a High Tech Workforce for the Future
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that a bidding war has broken out among the tech giants for scarce and valuable generative AI talent. This scramble is part of a much bigger talent shortage...
View ArticleHow New Graduates Can Thrive in a Workplace Dominated by AI
Dwight Eisenhower’s advice about plans and planning is still relevant today On June 6, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s 1984...
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The AI Paradox: High Adoption, Hype, and Lingering Productivity Questions
In the past year and a half, AI technologies, particularly generative AI models like ChatGPT, have taken the world by storm. A recent McKinsey Global Institute survey reveals that 65 percent of...
View ArticleThe Social Workplace: A Compendium
Key Points This report is a compendium of survey data and analysis developed as part of a multiyear project looking at the social dimension of work and the economic, psychological, and emotional...
View ArticleEmpowering Job-Seekers and Workers in the Digital Age
Much of the conversation about AI revolves around fears of job loss. However, there’s a compelling counter-narrative emerging—one that positions AI as a powerful ally of job-seekers and workers. As...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Conservative Futurist” by James Pethokoukis: A Visionary...
In an era too often dominated by dystopian visions and spiritual malaise, James Pethokoukis’s The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised emerges as a counterbalance of...
View ArticleMeet My Personal Learning and Career Coach: Artificial Intelligence
AI is beginning to transform education, training, and workforce development, often in surprising and unexpected ways. At a recent AEI event, Leslie Sizemore, Associate Vice President of the Kentucky...
View ArticleOn the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Keith...
Contemporary rural-urban divisions in America stem from long-term demographic, economic, technological, and social factors. To examine these trends, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa of the Brookings...
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The Hype Around “Operational Efficiency”
Corporate earnings calls have shared a common theme of late: operational efficiency. According to Morgan Stanley analysts, mentions of efficiency have steadily increased since 2022. This trend...
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