168. Symposia - 2025 Annual Conference: Ansel Schiavone on AI's relationship to labor

Today’s discussion comes from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. For the next 7 weeks, we’ll feature a series of panel discussions from our conference. Today’s episode is part of our panel “AI and Labor: Disruption, Disempowerment, or Empowerment?” This will be followed by 3 panels on AI Ethics; Practical Applications of AI; and concludes with AI and Inequality.Today’s discussion is led by our returning panelist, Dr. Ansel Schiavone.Dr. Schiavone is a heterodox economist whose work emphasizes the role of labor in creating value. Currently, he is a Professor at St. John’s University, where he researches macroeconomics, poverty & inequality, and political economy. He has held research positions at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the International Labor Organization. His research has been published in numerous economics journals, such as Metroeconomica, Economic Modeling, and Review of Social Economy. Dr. Shiavone earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from Denison University and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah.Dr. Schiavone joined the Henry George School to discuss how AI will impact labor’s relationship with capital, the neoclassical definition of technology, and how AI could create more jobs, not take them away.To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/