Congress Moves to Engage Workforce With AI, Not Fight Against It

The recent boom in artificial intelligence has put Congress on alert about how to prepare and qualify the US workforce for rapidly changing technologies.

The potential uses for AI in industries across the economy means policymakers will have to confront how the new technology will impact the future of work. As experts predict massive disruptions, some in Congress fear automation could take out whole swaths of professions.

AI’s effect on jobs is “really my biggest nightmare,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) at a hearing with AI industry leaders last week.

A recent Goldman Sachs report shows that artificial intelligence could ...