Generative AI Could Be The Trigger For The Productivity Wave We Need
Gartner, April, 7th 2023
This was the title of a blog of mine from a couple of years ago: 2018: Won't See a Massive Productivity Boost From AI - 2019 Might Show It.
My blog at the time tried to synthesize a story from some recent (at the time) news articles:
- Looking for a Productivity Miracle (Wall Street Journal, US print edition, Dec 12)
- Technology-Driven Boon is Finally Coming (Wall Street Journal, US print edition, Dec 28)
- Language Looms as the Next Big Frontier in AI (Financial Times, US print edition, Dec 30-31)
- Zombie Companies Stalk a Broken Monetary System (Financial Times, US print edition, Dec 27)
- How Intangible Assets are Changing Investments (The Economist, US print edition, Buttonwood: Out of Touch, Dec 23
I had mused in late 2017 the following: Raising Productivity is Our Number One Task. Frankly, productivity in most advanced nations has been slowing down or measly for many years.