AI and the Future of Work Conference

May 21-22, 2025

Wharton Human-AI Research hosted AI and the Future of Work, a two-day academic conference exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace. Held on May 21-22, 2025, the conference brought together leading scholars, industry researchers, and practitioners to discuss the evolving relationship between AI and employment.

— Presentations —

Industrial AI in America: Microfoundations of the Productivity J-curve(s)

  • Kristina McElheran, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Some Economics of Capital Accumulation in the Age of AI

  • Seth Benzell, Assistant Professor, Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University
  • Eric Zhou, PhD Candidate, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

GenAI Usage Disclosure: Ethnographic Analysis

  • Karthik Nattamai Kannan, Assistant Professor of IT and Operations Management, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
  • Gavin Wang, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

Mapping AI Use Cases: A Large-Scale Analysis of Job Postings

  • Simon Lowe, Economist, The Burning Glass Institute
  • Sarah Bana, Assistant Professor, Chapman University

Sanity Checks for Testing the Reliability of LLMs in Opinion Surveys

  • Terrence Neumann, PhD Candidate, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
  • Christine Riordan, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Francesco Filippucci, Economist, OECD
  • Avi Collis, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
  •  Jung Ho Choi, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Beverly Rich Ingersoll, Partner, Messner Reeves LLP.
  • Brad Greenwood, Professor, George Mason University
  • Benjamin Lira, Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
  • Anna Kawakami, PhD Student, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Alex Moehring, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
  • Patryk Perkowski, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University
  • Manmohan Aseri, Assistant Professor in Decision, Operations & Information Technologies, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Frank Nagle, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
  • Isabella Loaiza, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Sloan
  • Yong Lee, Associate Professor, Keough School, University of Notre Dame
  • Milan Miric, Associate Professor, USC Marshall School of Business
  • Chenchuan He, PhD Student. University of Delaware
  • Anne Hansen, Senior Financial Economist, Richmond Fed
  • Wei Chen, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
  • David Byrne, Principal Economist, Federal Reserve Board

— Chaired by Wharton Faculty —

Robert Meyer
Robert Meyer

Frederick H. Ecker/MetLife Insurance Professor
Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School

Dan Rock
Daniel Rock

Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
The Wharton School

Sonny Tambe
Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe

Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
The Wharton School

— Conference Coordinator —

Carol Heller
Carol Heller

Program Coordinator
Wharton Human-AI Research