Is generative AI replacing workers—or helping them thrive?
In this episode of Agents of Tech, we explore how AI is transforming the global workforce. Economist Lindsey Raymond (Microsoft Research), co-author of a groundbreaking study with Erik Brynjolfsson and Danielle Li, joins us to unpack how AI tools are boosting productivity, equalizing skills, and reshaping the modern job.
We cover:
- AI’s impact on job creation and automation (World Economic Forum’s 2025 forecast)
- Why AI helps junior workers most—but might demotivate top performers
- How “editor over producer” is becoming the new workplace model
- Whether AI narrows or widens global inequality
- What skills will remain uniquely human
- How AI tools can power faster business scaling—and redesign the nature of jobs🎧
Featuring:
- Lindsey Raymond, Microsoft Research
- Autria Godfrey, Laila Rizvi & Stephen Horn, Agents of Tech hosts
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Papers and Reports:
- https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/140/2/889/7990658?login=false
- https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4cS-BhDGARIsABg4_J3j8i_TwZLC_yzLxuOzrfHphxgBT02X0IWMRTUUYM27PICz30xiJRsaAvEUEALw_wcB
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