AI Reports · GovAI (Oxford) · 2026-10-17 · Policy position
Policy Advice and Opinion Preparing the Workforce for an Uncertain AI Future November 2023 Testimony Anton Korinek In this written testimony to the U.S. Senate's bipartisan AI Insights Forum, Anton Ko
In this written testimony to the U.S. Senate's AI Insights Forum, Anton Korinek, a University of Virginia economics professor, urges lawmakers to engage in scenario planning to prepare the workforce for AI advances. He argues that AI promises productivity gains but the workforce's fate is uncertain, especially if progress leads toward AGI, and lays out historical, baseline AGI, and aggressive AGI scenarios. Any reforms to safety nets, tax codes and income policies must be flexible enough to work across these scenarios, and he offers two concrete recommendations.