What Can Machines Learn, and What Does It Mean for Occupations and the Economy?

Advances in machine learning (ML) are poised to transform numerous occupations and industries. This raises the question of which tasks will be most affected by ML. We apply the rubric evaluating task potential for ML in Brynjolfsson and Mitchell (2017) to build measures of "Suitability for Mach...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brynjolfsson, Erik, Mitchell, Tom, Rock, Daniel
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120302
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8031-6990
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-0625