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May 13, 2026 | Benjamin Daniel

MIT senior fellow John Werner, writing for Forbes, reported on the “AI and Jobs” panel held during MIT’s AI and Society Forum on May 12. “We could really think about co-work with the AI tools, but the role of the human as the decider, as the person with good judgment, as the person deciding the next step, whatever that is, remains super important,” panelist Daniela Rus, the MIT Panasonic Professor of Computer Science, said during the panel.

MIT senior fellow John Werner, writing for Forbes, reported on the "AI and Jobs" panel held during MIT's AI and Society Forum on May 12. “We could really think about co-work with the AI tools, but the role of the human as the decider, as the person with good judgment, as the person deciding the next step, whatever that is, remains super important,” panelist Daniela Rus, the MIT Panasonic Professor of Computer Science, said during the panel.

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