@perrymetzger: AI now appears to be visible in increased productivity growth rates.
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AI's impact is becoming evident in rising U.S. labor productivity growth rates, with trends breaking sharply higher since 2020, reminiscent of the internet's boost in the late 1990s.
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AI now appears to be visible in increased productivity growth rates.
Will Fry (@BuySellSMB): U.S. labor productivity, 2013–2026:
> Unremarkable growth for most of the 2010s > Breaks sharply higher starting 2020 > Now running 2.2% above where the old trend said we’d be
The last time this happened was 1995–2004, when the internet added close to 3% a year for a full
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