News, publications, and events from the Future of Labor Lab.
Position paper on how AI's benchmark-centered selection environment limits exaptive capacity, selected as a Spotlight at the International Conference on Machine Learning.
Position paper arguing that predicting AI's impact on labor should be treated as a core machine learning problem, accepted at the International Conference on Machine Learning.
Yong Suk Lee collaborated on the Work AI Index 2026, a global report from Glean's Work AI Institute surveying 6,000 digital workers on how AI is really changing work — including the hidden human labor of 'botsitting' and the risks of 'botshitting.'
Research on robots and labor in nursing homes, coauthored by Yong Suk Lee, published as the lead article of the inaugural volume of Health Affairs Review.
A new white paper on AI and labor policy in Korea — examining evidence, risks, and policy options — in collaboration with Yong Lim (SNU School of Law) and Moon Ahram (KISDI).
Cassandra Merritt presented "Managers as Gatekeepers in the Age of AI" at the AI and the Future of Work Conference at the Wharton School.
The Future of Labor Lab received a Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab Research Grant to study the Meaning of Work.
A student reflection on Professor Yong Suk Lee's course on the application, ethics, and governance of AI, taught in Rome — exploring global power dynamics, cultural perspectives on privacy, and U.S.–China competition in AI influence.
