Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman said AI will wipe out some white-collar jobs — and it will be hard to design government programs to help.Brendan McDermid/Reuters Nobel-Prize winning economist Paul Krugman appeared on an episode of the Odd Lots podcast on Friday. Krugman talked about AI's potential to displace white-collar jobs. He contended that there isn't much the government can do to mitigate the impact of AI on jobs. The boom in AI might wipe out your job — and there may not be much we can do about that, Nobel-Prize winning economist Paul Krugman said on an episode of Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast on Friday.