David Rotman

What do the numbers really say about the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market? The answer might surprise you.

Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for their ChatGPT moment.

This week, Richard Waters, FT columnist and former West Coast editor, talks with MIT Technology Review’s editor at large David Rotman about the true impact of AI on the job market.

Forget the glorious successes of past breakthroughs—the real justification for research investment is what we get for our money. Here’s what economists say.

MIT economist David Autor first documented the loss of millions of jobs to Chinese imports a decade ago. Now he sees an even more serious  danger if the US loses the race for advanced manufacturing.

AI data centers are driving a surge in new natural-gas power plants around the country. What does that mean for our clean-energy aspirations?

They won’t bring back manufacturing, and they could stunt our ability to make tomorrow's breakthroughs.

Sure, there's too much red tape, but there is another reason building anything is so expensive: the construction industry's "awful" productivity.

Watch the on-demand video of the Roundtables session, Putting AI’s Climate Impact Into Perspective. Available only to MIT Alumni and subscribers. Featured speakers are David Rotman, Editor-at-large, Melissa Heikkilä, Senior AI Reporter, and James Temple, Sr Editor for Energy.

Artificial intelligence could put us on the path to a booming economic future, but getting there will take some serious course corrections.