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Carl Benedikt Frey is the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He serves as Director of the Future of Work Programme and Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. His career spans roles such as Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (University of Oxford) and Associate Fellow at Lund University’s Department of Economic History.
His research focuses on technological change, automation, and their societal impacts, drawing parallels between historical industrial revolutions and current AI-driven disruptions. He is best known for the 2013 paper The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation? (with Michael Osborne), which has shaped global discourse on automation risk. His 2019 book The Technology Trap expands on these themes, examining the economic and political consequences of technological progress.
The articles section highlights Frey’s work on AI’s influence across domains: from Generative AI’s role in reshaping work to geopolitical implications of automation and demographic transitions in aging societies. His analysis often bridges historical economic patterns and modern technological challenges, emphasizing the need for policy adaptation.
Scientific awards include the Princeton University Richard A. Lester Prize (2019) and fellowships at the Royal Society of Arts and Oxford Martin School. He advises governments (e.g., UK House of Lords Digital Skills Select Committee, Swedish Government’s Digitalisation Commission), international organizations (OECD, UN), and Fortune 500 companies. Media outlets like The Economist, New York Times, and BBC frequently feature his insights on AI and labor markets.
