Before AGI

Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics and AI

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Jul 12, 2024
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford Professor, discusses AI's potential to enhance productivity without replacing jobs. Topics include AI's impact on labor productivity, GPTs, self-driving cars, negative impacts, historical context, job markets, optimism, and strategies for a positive AI future.
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INSIGHT

AI Drives Productivity and Jobs

  • AI has always destroyed and created jobs, and technology drives productivity and living standards.
  • Better technology leads to more output per worker, resulting in healthier, wealthier lives.
INSIGHT

Technology Diffusion Takes Time

  • Technology adoption often takes decades before yielding big productivity gains.
  • The transformative impact comes when technology integrates with new ways of working, not just simple substitution.
ANECDOTE

Call Center AI Boosts Productivity

  • A call center AI tool gave operators advice, boosting calls handled by 35% and improving customer and worker satisfaction.
  • Operators liked the system and were less likely to quit, showing AI can empower rather than exploit workers.
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