The jobs AI can do — and those it shouldn’t

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Generative AI is a transformative technology that has the potential to redefine the nature of work. Understanding its role in the workplace, and what makes it different from past automation, requires a shift from what AI can do to what it should do.

Typical analyses of GenAI’s impact on workers focus on whether the technology can perform specific jobs. Such studies…