Learning Curves

JUAN M. LAVISTA FERRES is Microsoft’s Chief Data Scientist and Corporate Vice President, serving as Lab Director of Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab and Director of the AI Economy Institute. FRANK NAGLE is Microsoft’s Chief AI Economist, based in the AI Economy Institute within Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab. He is also a research scientist at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT. Featuring Additional Distinguished Authors: Bashar Alhafni, Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Paul Bigby, Carolina Calvo Asencio, Bharat Chandar, Yung Chun, Somalis Chy, Jerik Cruz, Antonio Delgado, Wendy DuBow, Laura M. Evans, S. Kiersten Ferguson, Carla Z. Glave, Nizar Habash, Peng He, Manuel Hoffmann, Nicole Immorlica, Stephen Michael Impink, Jason Jabbari, Ekaterina Kochmar, Tingting Li, Carolina Lopez, Fengchun Miao, Milan Miric, Ezequiel Molina, Laura Nurski, Joseph Onderi Orero, Sarah L. Rodriguez, Amy Rubinson, Malle Schilling, Catherine Schwarz, Robert Seamans, Andrew Stokols, Sarayu Sundar, Arun Sundararajan, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, Hung Vo, Catherine Wu, Román Andrés Zárate, Xin Zhao (Skye).

• Foreword: Brad Smith xiIntroduction: The Next Generation in the Age of AI xviiJuan M. Lavista FerresSECTION I: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS: AI, EDUCATION, AND THE NEXT GENERATION 1Chapter 1: AI and K-12 Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2Juan M. Lavista FerresChapter 2: Education as Economic Infrastructure in the Age of AI 17Frank NagleSECTION II: THE DIFFUSION OF AI: TURNING INVENTION INTO SHARED PROGRESS 26Introduction: Juan M. Lavista FerresChapter 3: Technology Transfer in the Age of AI: Old Lessons for New Technologies 31Carolina Calvo AsencioChapter 4: AI as a Tool for Development in Southeast Asia: Lessons from Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia 47Andrew Stokols, Jerik Cruz, and Hung VoChapter 5: Rethinking AI Exposure: From Occupations to Sectors 66Laura Nurski and Pierre-Alexandre BallandSECTION III: K-12 EDUCATION FOR THE AI-NATIVE GENERATION 86Introduction: Laylah BulmanChapter 6: AI and the Redistribution of Epistemic Authority in Education: Toward a Distributed Authority Framework 93Tingting Li and Peng HeChapter 7: The Future Classroom in Africa: Game-Based Learning with AI-Enabled African Languages Model 116Joseph Onderi OreroChapter 8: AI and Arabic Education: Barriers and Opportunities for Generative AI in K-12 Arabic Education 136Bashar Alhafni, Ekaterina Kochmar, and Nizar HabashChapter 9: AI in the Classroom: A Case Study from Metropolitan Lima 156Carla Z. Glave, Carolina Lopez, Ezequiel Molina, and Román Andrés ZárateSECTION IV: TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR AI 173Introduction: Alex SwartselChapter 10: Developing AI Competency for Higher Education: Addressing Inclusion Gaps 179Xin Zhao Skye and Fengchun MiaoChapter 11: Considerations of Equity in the Diffusion of AI in U.S. Four-Year Colleges and Universities 193Wendy DuBow, Sarayu Sundar, and S. Kiersten FergusonChapter 12: Understanding the Importance of Community Colleges in AI Workforce Development 208Sarah L. Rodriguez, Malle Schilling, Amy Rubinson, Antonio Delgado, and Paul BigbySECTION V: AI, WORK, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOR 223Introduction: Blake LawitChapter 13: AI and Labor: Present and Future Scenarios 228Bharat ChandarChapter 14: The Uneven AI Revolution: Experience, Gender, and the New Nature of Work 248Manuel Hoffmann and Frank NagleChapter 15: Teaming Up with AI: Coordination and Cooperation 266Nicole Immorlica and Inbal Talgam-CohenChapter 16: The Effect of Generative AI on Work Productivity: A Synthesis of the Early Literature 289Robert Seamans, Arun Sundararajan, and Catherine WuSECTION VI: ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO AN AI WORKFORCE 308Introduction: Pat YongpraditChapter 17: Rethinking Human Capital Development in the Age of AI 312Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, Somalis Chy, Catherine Schwarz, and Laura EvansChapter 18: Apprenticeships for Digital Tools: Evidence from Swiss Watchmaking 337Stephen Michael Impink and Milan MiricChapter 19: Conclusion: Navigating AI Futures 351Deborah MorganAI Economy Institute Working Team 359About the Book Leaders 360More About Our Guest Authors 365Acknowledgments 368References 370Index 393