Ben Zipperer

“That makes the highly exposed jobs look worse by comparison, even though some of that measured loss is just income increases for other workers,”

Ben Zipperer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Zipperer argued that the research approach can overstate negative AI effects because saved money from automation gets spent elsewhere, boosting other workers.

“It's absolutely the case that AI could be affecting the demand for certain types of jobs,”

Ben Zipperer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Zipperer acknowledged AI could affect job demand but cautioned that the Apollo study had too small a sample size to be convincing.

“There was a relative slowdown in labor demand for computer programmers and related jobs in the wake of pandemic rehiring that had nothing to do with AI,”

Ben Zipperer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13

Zipperer attributed the slowdown in demand for computer programmers to post-pandemic normalization rather than AI.