As AI reshapes the labour market at speed, the question of who benefits — and who gets left behind — has never been more urgent.
In this interview filmed at FutureWeek Forum, Fabian Stephany, Assistant Professor in AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute, brings academic rigour to one of the most hotly debated topics of our time. Drawing on his research, Stephany unpacks the concept of the ‘AI skills dividend’ — what it is, who is capturing it today, and why the gap between those who can harness AI and those who can’t risks becoming one of the defining inequalities of the coming decade.
Stephany unpacks whether AI is truly eliminating roles to the specific skills delivering the biggest career and wage uplift, and what governments and organisations must do to ensure the benefits of AI are shared rather than concentrated, this is an essential watch for anyone thinking seriously about the future of work.
