AI may take decades to lift economy-wide productivity

It took a generation for full electrification benefits to raise economy-wide productivity; the same may be true for AI

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In this article

  • Microsoft's USD13bn AI spending
  • Orders of magnitude
  • Example of an AI winner
  • Rising commercial interest
  • Speedy progress
  • Full materialisation of benefits takes time
  • Resolving the 'computer productivity paradox'
  • Outlook

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