In the beginning, God formed man out of the dust and put him in the garden to “work it and keep it” (Gen. 2:7, 15). Work is inseparable from the identity of man; man is a worker.
Yet work and the nature of work are, in our day, facing a crisis as the AI revolution unfolds. McKinsey research estimates that in the next 10 to 20 years, 47 percent of U.S. jobs are at risk and that 63 percent of knowledge tasks will soon be automatable. Goldman Sachs sees 300 million full-time jobs at risk globally. The World Economic Forum is a little more balanced; it sees a net displacement of 14 million.
