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Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell
AI, Jobs, and What Comes Next with Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy
31 minutes Posted May 18, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
The origin of Renaissance Philanthropy and its thesis-driven funding model
Why Kumar Garg built the Labor Automation Forecast Hub
The role of super forecasters in predicting AI’s impact on jobs
Key projections: job displacement, slower growth, and shifting career paths
Community colleges vs. four-year degrees in the AI economy
Why the future of work is a “big dislocation,” not a collapse
How forecasts evolve and why trend direction matters more than exact predictions
Reactions from policymakers and what data matters most
The growing importance of regional workforce forecasting
Kumar’s outlook on the future of philanthropy and deploying capital at scale
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Send us Fan Mail Kumar Garg is the President of Renaissance Philanthropy, where he leads thesis-driven philanthropic funds focused on major global challenges. Previously, he worked in the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and helped build Eric Schmidt’s science and tech initiatives. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How AI is projected to impact jobs, with forecasts suggesting modest but meaningful workforce contraction Why community colleges an...