The prophet of the ‘Wired Belt’ says capitalism is finally eating itself
Tufts' Bhaskar Chakravorti predicted AI would destroy the jobs business needs most — in the exact cities where business lives.
Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts? AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk - Digital Planet
digitalplanet.tufts.eduAI is set to upend America’s white-collar map, putting 9.3M jobs and up to $1.5T in income at risk—especially in wired, high-skill hubs.
More than 200,000 Boston-area workers could lose their job to AI in the next five years, new study says - The Boston Globe
The rise of AI could make Boston rush hours a lot less hectic over the next five years — by throwing thousands of people out of work.