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title: "Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?"
date: 2026-05-21
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/technology-creates-jobs-young-skilled-workers-ai-0521
description: "A new study of the postwar U.S. shows which kinds of workers historically filled new tech-enabled jobs."
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# Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?

A new study of the postwar U.S. shows which kinds of workers historically filled new tech-enabled jobs.

*Published: 2026-05-21*