Join us for a COB Research Seminar featuring guest speaker Dr. Tom Huang (University of Tennessee, Amazon Distinguished Professor of Business Analytics). He will present his research, titled "Is Turing Transformation Happening? A Study with a New Measure of Occupational AI Exposure." All are welcome—light refreshments provided by the COB Dean.Abstract: A central concern regarding artificial intelligence (AI) is its potential to replace jobs and exacerbate economic inequality. However, recent research suggests that AI may improve the workers' job prospects through a Turing Transformation process: AI simplifies work, lowers barriers to job entry, and thus broadens job opportunities for more workers. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework that decomposes the Turing Transformation into AI's work activity and job opportunity effects. We develop a novel occupational AI exposure measure using a sentence transformer model to compare the semantic similarity between the occupation descriptions and AI patents. We find that, on average, occupations with higher AI exposure experience a decrease in the importance of a wide range of work activities, coupled with an increase in job opportunities as reflected by job posting data. This provides the first empirical evidence for the existence of the Turing Transformation process. In addition, we observe important heterogeneity in AI's work activity and job opportunity effects across occupations with different skill requirements. These findings contribute to the literature by offering a comprehensive view of the "where,'' "what,'' and "how'' of AI's impact on work.

Come join us to work on your facilitation skills and learn new activities.Weekly general membership meetings begin at 3:30pm on Mondays and will be in Memorial Union Atrium 2. Please feel free to start signing in at 3:25pm and we will open the doors when we are ready for everyone.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Need assistance navigating accommodations or resources on campus? Our Drop-in Hours are a welcoming space where you can meet with a Student Resource Mentor to get personalized guidance on things like:Discussing accommodations with professorsSigning up for the Academic Testing CenterImproving organizational skillsAccessing campus resources and servicesand More! Whether you have specific questions or just want to chat about how your semester is going, we're here to support you. No appointment necessary—just stop by!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

The URI community (faculty, staff and students) is invited to a special pre-sale at URI East Farm onMonday, April 28 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.&Tuesday, April 29 from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.Location: URI East Farm, Route 108, KingstonPayment by cash or credit only.Can’t make these pre-sales? Come to the official Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 3 from 9-12 p.m.in the URI Botanical Gardens (and bring a soil sample for us to test for free)!

Join the URI Crochet Club or just stop in for some relaxing crochet time!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Learn about rare diseases with The National Organization for Rare Disorders! Learn about different rare diseases and spread awareness with us!!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.