The Future of Work Initiative

Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. Autonomous Vehicles.

University laboratories and corporate R&D centers are investing heavily in these disruptive technologies. The next generation of machines have the potential to transform our society, redefining the way human beings work, play, earn a living, and interact with the larger economy.

The Block Center's Future of Work Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College is dedicated to rigorous scientific investigation of the impact of emerging technologies on workers at all skill levels, as well as the communities they inhabit.

The Future of Work Initiative charts the impact of disruptive innovation on the U.S. labor market, develops policy interventions that ensure the benefits of innovation are more widely shared, and leverages advanced technologies to address the social and economic needs of those being left behind as a result of technological change.