Foreword: Brad Smith xi

Introduction: The Next Generation in the Age of AI xvii
Juan M. Lavista Ferres

SECTION I: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS: AI, EDUCATION, AND THE NEXT GENERATION 1

Chapter 1: AI and K-12 Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2
Juan M. Lavista Ferres

Chapter 2: Education as Economic Infrastructure in the Age of AI 17
Frank Nagle

SECTION II: THE DIFFUSION OF AI: TURNING INVENTION INTO SHARED PROGRESS 26
Introduction: Juan M. Lavista Ferres

Chapter 3: Technology Transfer in the Age of AI: Old Lessons for New Technologies 31
Carolina Calvo Asencio

Chapter 4: AI as a Tool for Development in Southeast Asia: Lessons from Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia 47
Andrew Stokols, Jerik Cruz, and Hung Vo

Chapter 5: Rethinking AI Exposure: From Occupations to Sectors 66
Laura Nurski and Pierre-Alexandre Balland

SECTION III: K-12 EDUCATION FOR THE AI-NATIVE GENERATION 86
Introduction: Laylah Bulman

Chapter 6: AI and the Redistribution of Epistemic Authority in Education: Toward a Distributed Authority Framework 93
Tingting Li and Peng He

Chapter 7: The Future Classroom in Africa: Game-Based Learning with AI-Enabled African Languages Model 116
Joseph Onderi Orero

Chapter 8: AI and Arabic Education: Barriers and Opportunities for Generative AI in K-12 Arabic Education 136
Bashar Alhafni, Ekaterina Kochmar, and Nizar Habash

Chapter 9: AI in the Classroom: A Case Study from Metropolitan Lima 156
Carla Z. Glave, Carolina Lopez, Ezequiel Molina, and Román Andrés Zárate

SECTION IV: TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR AI 173
Introduction: Alex Swartsel

Chapter 10: Developing AI Competency for Higher Education: Addressing Inclusion Gaps 179
Xin Zhao Skye and Fengchun Miao

Chapter 11: Considerations of Equity in the Diffusion of AI in U.S. Four-Year Colleges and Universities 193
Wendy DuBow, Sarayu Sundar, and S. Kiersten Ferguson

Chapter 12: Understanding the Importance of Community Colleges in AI Workforce Development 208
Sarah L. Rodriguez, Malle Schilling, Amy Rubinson, Antonio Delgado, and Paul Bigby

SECTION V: AI, WORK, AND THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOR 223
Introduction: Blake Lawit

Chapter 13: AI and Labor: Present and Future Scenarios 228
Bharat Chandar

Chapter 14: The Uneven AI Revolution: Experience, Gender, and the New Nature of Work 248
Manuel Hoffmann and Frank Nagle

Chapter 15: Teaming Up with AI: Coordination and Cooperation 266
Nicole Immorlica and Inbal Talgam-Cohen

Chapter 16: The Effect of Generative AI on Work Productivity: A Synthesis of the Early Literature 289
Robert Seamans, Arun Sundararajan, and Catherine Wu

SECTION VI: ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO AN AI WORKFORCE 308
Introduction: Pat Yongpradit

Chapter 17: Rethinking Human Capital Development in the Age of AI 312
Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, Somalis Chy, Catherine Schwarz, and Laura Evans

Chapter 18: Apprenticeships for Digital Tools: Evidence from Swiss Watchmaking 337
Stephen Michael Impink and Milan Miric

Chapter 19: Conclusion: Navigating AI Futures 351
Deborah Morgan

AI Economy Institute Working Team 359
About the Book Leaders 360
More About Our Guest Authors 365
Acknowledgments 368
References 370
Index 393