The AI Productivity Illusion - by Matt Scherer - Hard Reset

Productivity Is About (Much) More than Finishing Tasks Quickly

Matt Scherer is a fellow at Open Markets Institute, where his research and advocacy focus on developing policy responses to the eventual bursting of the AI bubble. His Hard Reset pieces focus on highlighting the risks posed by the AI bubble and pushing back against the hype that is inflating it. The opinions expressed here are solely his own. It’s easy to see why people think generative AI is a revolutionary technology. After all, lots of jobs involve writing, and ChatGPT, Claude, and other large-language-model-based systems can write faster than any human can. As a result, and in addition…

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