Episode 947: Will AI Take My Job
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Newt talks with Liya Palagashvili, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the labor market. Their conversation highlights the transformative potential of AI in reorganizing work, potentially leading to a shift towards self-employment and independent entrepreneurship. Liya emphasizes that AI can empower workers by automating mundane tasks, allowing them to focus on more valuable activities, and suggests that AI might change how work is organized rather than simply replacing jobs. Their discussion also touches on the historical context of technological advancements, noting that while some jobs are lost, new markets and occupations emerge, leading to overall job growth. They conclude with a discussion on the role of education in preparing for an AI-driven future, considering different approaches to integrating AI into learning environments.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.7 | On this episode of NUCHWorld, on February 9th, Matt Schumer published an essay on X |
| 0:14.6 | entitled Something Big Is Happening. |
| 0:18.0 | In it, he outlined a future where AI would take over most computer-based white-collar |
| 0:23.6 | jobs and encourage those in the workforce to start using the latest AI tools now. The essay was |
| 0:30.4 | significant in that it went viral with over 80 million views, and it raises the whole question |
| 0:36.6 | about the emergence of artificial intelligence |
| 0:39.1 | and the way in which that will affect the entire employment system. My guest today |
| 0:44.9 | authored a piece entitled AI transaction costs and a quiet shift towards self-employment, |
| 0:52.9 | in which she details the quote, what gets far less attention |
| 0:57.3 | is whether AI changes how work is organized in the first place. Here to discuss AI's impact on |
| 1:04.9 | jobs, I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Leah Pallagashvili. |
| 1:19.6 | She is a senior research fellow and director of the labor policy project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her research focuses on labor regulations, the gig economy, and the changing nature of work. |
| 1:45.1 | Leah, welcome, and thank you for joining me on Netsworld. |
| 1:47.9 | Thank you, Speaker, Grinch, for having me. |
| 1:51.3 | I have to ask you, what led you to study this? |
| 1:57.8 | Well, I took an economics class in high school, and it all started in high school, and I fell in love with economics. |
| 2:18.8 | So from then on forward, I studied economics, got really interested in labor markets and started studying labor regulations, got my PhD in economics, what used to be a professor of economics, actually. So I think economics really helps you understand the world and helps you understand labor markets in particular in ways that most people don't really look at. And so I think it's an incredible, valuable tool. |
| 2:25.4 | There are a lot of people who feel that artificial intelligence is something which is happening |
| 2:30.5 | to them, that it's almost inevitable. They can't do anything about it. |
| 2:35.4 | There's a real interesting question here about how can ordinary people understand the scale |
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