Artificial intelligence could be the end of the jobs world as we know it. Or conversely, it could herald a new era of innovation and job creation.
The longer-term future of AI and its effects on the world of work remain largely unknown and the subject of inordinate speculation at either extreme. What we can be reasonably sure of about AI, however, is that it will continue to dominate current discussions about the future of work.
The debates come amid the deep embrace of AI by President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump, in his second, nonconsecutive term, is overseeing a “light-touch” regulatory philosophy that aims to build on already-existing American global dominance in the burgeoning field.
The Trump administration’s July 2025 “AI Action Plan” focused on accelerating innovation and expanding infrastructure, such as data centers, while the March 2026 National Policy Framework for AI has called on Congress to pass a unified federal
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