That seems plausible and is also consistent with Amara’s law (the idea that the impact of technology is often overestimated in the short run and underestimated in the long run).
I’m curious how likely you think it is that productivity growth will be significantly higher (i.e. levels at least comparable with electricity) for any reason, not just AI. I wouldn’t give this much more than 50%, as there is also some evidence that stagnation is on the cards (see e.g. 1, 2). But that would mean that you’re confident that the cause of higher productivity growth, assuming that this happens, would be AI? (Rather than, say, synthetic biotechnology, or genetic engineering, or some other technological advance, or some social change resulting in more optimisation for productivity.)
While AI is perhaps the most plausible single candidate, it’s still quite unclear, so I’d maybe say it’s 25-30% likely that AI in particular will cause significantly higher levels of productivity growth this century.
That seems plausible and is also consistent with Amara’s law (the idea that the impact of technology is often overestimated in the short run and underestimated in the long run).
I’m curious how likely you think it is that productivity growth will be significantly higher (i.e. levels at least comparable with electricity) for any reason, not just AI. I wouldn’t give this much more than 50%, as there is also some evidence that stagnation is on the cards (see e.g. 1, 2). But that would mean that you’re confident that the cause of higher productivity growth, assuming that this happens, would be AI? (Rather than, say, synthetic biotechnology, or genetic engineering, or some other technological advance, or some social change resulting in more optimisation for productivity.)
While AI is perhaps the most plausible single candidate, it’s still quite unclear, so I’d maybe say it’s 25-30% likely that AI in particular will cause significantly higher levels of productivity growth this century.