The economic impact of AI
Tyler Cowen · Marginal Revolution (blog; Bloomberg Opinion column) · 1 Aug 2023
Where this sits in the debate
- Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? · its finding supports the claim (why studies differ)
- How fast will the impact arrive?
Direction of the finding as read from the abstract by an AI model (AI-written).
Key takeaway AI-written
Tyler Cowen gives his best guess that advanced AI will raise the annual US growth rate by a quarter to half a percentage point, stressing that it is a guess.
Source excerpt
My best guess, and I do stress that word guess, is that advanced artificial intelligence will boost the annual US growth rate by one-quarter to one-half of a percentage point.
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- 2023 (39 months ago)
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