Catherine Rampell

AI position

No x-risk mention

Writes about AI's labor-market effects, not existential risk or alignment.

Why influential

Produces reusable arguments and interpretive frames that circulate among policymakers, donors, advocates, academics and other journalists. Primary policy lanes: economics; labor; immigration; fiscal policy.

Who pays attention

Democratic economic staff, labor groups, business leaders, economists, academics and professional readers

Work samples

• AI is coming for entry-level jobs. U.S. needs a new talent pipeline.

  Jul 8, 2025 · article

  Opinion column on AI's effect on entry-level hiring and the need for new workforce training pipelines; general economics framing, no AI-world sourcing found.

• AI is coming for a lot of jobs. Is yours one of them?

  Jan 1, 2025 · article

  Interactive WaPo opinion piece on AI automation/augmentation exposure by occupation.

• You want to be a columnist? Here are 11 tips.

  Jul 23, 2025 · article

  Her final Washington Post column after 11 years, marking her move to The Bulwark/MS NOW.