The Luddite With a Language Model

Will artificial intelligence take over six-figure white-collar jobs, or just make us wildly more productive? Wake Forest economics professor Andre Mouton describes what patent data actually reveals about the future of work. From running open-source models directly on his desktop to teaching students how to manage digital assistants instead of letting them write their code, Andre offers a grounded, data-backed look at why high-wage professions are changing—and why the robot takeover narrative misses the mark.