The U.S. AI Workforce: Understanding the Supply of AI Talent

Gehlhaus, Diana; Mutis, Santiago

doi:10.51593/20200068

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“…For Technical Team occupations, most workers are male, with few identifying as Black or Hispanic. 27 Figure 2 summarizes some of these key findings. Note: People who identify as Hispanic may be of any race.…”

Section: Size Supply and Labor Market Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Demand for AI occupations will likely be strong over the next decade, projected to grow twice as fast as for all U.S. occupations. 26 The U.S. AI workforce is also fairly concentrated in major metropolitan hubs, especially for technical talent. In absolute terms, large concentrations of workers were found in major hubs on the West Coast (see Figure 2).…”

Section: Size Supply and Labor Market Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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U.S. AI Workforce: Policy Recommendations

Gehlhaus¹,

Koslosky²,

Goode³

et al. 2021

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This policy brief addresses the need for a clearly defined artificial intelligence education and workforce policy by providing recommendations designed to grow, sustain, and diversify the U.S. AI workforce. The authors employ a comprehensive definition of the AI workforce—technical and nontechnical occupations—and provide data-driven policy goals. Their recommendations are designed to leverage opportunities within the U.S. education and training system while mitigating its challenges, and prioritize equity in access and opportunity to AI education and AI careers.

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Section: Size Supply and Labor Market Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Size Supply and Labor Market Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

U.S. AI Workforce: Policy Recommendations

Gehlhaus¹,

Koslosky²,

Goode³

et al. 2021

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“…Such research is particularly salient amongst private companies, think tanks, and research and governmental institutions [22,47]. For example, the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) has an entire report series on global AI talent [25,32,66].…”

Section: Existing Research On Ai Researchers' Immigration Preferencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Skilled and Mobile: Survey Evidence of AI Researchers' Immigration Preferences

Zwetsloot

Zhang

Dreksler

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society

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Countries, companies, and universities are increasingly competing over top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) researchers. Where are these researchers likely to immigrate and what affects their immigration decisions? We conducted a survey ( = 524) of the immigration preferences and motivations of researchers that had papers accepted at one of two prestigious AI conferences: the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) and the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). We find that the U.S. is the most popular destination for AI researchers, followed by the U.K., Canada, Switzerland, and France. A country's professional opportunities stood out as the most common factor that influences immigration decisions of AI researchers, followed by lifestyle and culture, the political climate, and personal relations. The destination country's immigration policies were important to just under half of the researchers surveyed, while around a quarter noted current immigration difficulties to be a deciding factor. Visa and immigration difficulties were perceived to be a particular impediment to conducting AI research in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. Implications of the findings for the future of AI talent policies and governance are discussed. * Author order was randomized using the American Economic Association Author Randomization Tool (Confirmation ID: KiIBo0vkY2Vk).

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“…Consistent with previous CSET research, we define AI occupations as the set of occupations involved in the design, development, and deployment of AI capabilities and applications (details appear in our earlier report). 9 These categories are:…”

Section: Defining Ai Occupations and Ai Job Postingsmentioning

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“…We consider employer demand for AI and related certifications when hiring for AI jobs as listed in U.S. job postings compiled by Burning Glass, a job posting aggregation database from over forty-five thousand job boards. 2 We define "AI jobs" according to previous CSET research, 3 and AI and AI-related certifications through selected keywords.…”

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confidence: 99%