Weatherhead's David Clingingsmith discusses AI and automation

The economic shock of AI: Have we been here before?

Forbes: David Clingingsmith, associate professor at Weatherhead School of Management, said AI’s economic impact echoes the automation wave of the 1970s–80s, but today’s knowledge workers lack the unions, retraining pipelines and protections that helped factory workers adapt. Past automation ultimately boosted productivity and upskilled jobs—a model Clingingsmith and a team researchers suggest offers lessons for the AI era.