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Lee Rainie, director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, on AI and the future of work

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Lee Rainie, director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, on AI and the future of work

Oct 12, 2026 | 12:00 pm ET
Lee Rainie, director of the Imagining the Digital Future Center, on AI and the future of work
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Lee Rainie, director of Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center

President Donald Trump created a new task force last week focused on artificial intelligence, which he has renamed “super intelligence.”

Tech leaders have called repeatedly called on Washington to create guardrails for the industry, with Anthropic warning its own investors that the rapidly advancing models could pose “existential risks to humanity.” But even with that dire warning, none of the leading developers appear ready to slow the pace of development.

So, what’s next for industry? Will we see guardrails at the state level in the near future.

To learn more, Newsline recently sat down with Lee Rainie, director of Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center.

Will AI make work easier or workers obsolete? A new NC survey looks at what workers think

The Center recently conducted a nationwide survey that found U.S. adults fear artificial intelligence will undermine people’s sense of meaning and weaken social bonds, even as daily users report increased use and benefit from the bots.

Click here to listen to the full interview with Lee Rainie, director of Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center.