Marketplace · Tuesday, September 15, 2026
While AI currently has less impact on jobs not requiring a bachelor's degree, economist Gad Levon predicts this will change. He warns that automation will increasingly affect manual labor jobs in the future, potentially influencing decisions about higher education.
“There is also the fact that so far AI is much less impactful for jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree than for more professional and management related job.”
“But one thing that I think is under discussed is that while now the AI is mostly impacting office related jobs, I think the day when it will also impact manual types of jobs is not that far and getting closer rapidly.”