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Why a strong bot doesn't prove an economic boom

Acemoglu's task-based model connects affected activity shares with savings and overall economic productivity. The May version 2024 estimates at most 0.66% additional TFP over ten years.

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Wirtschaft & Arbeit

External research · MSD classification
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What this finding means.

Grenzen des Nachweises

This is a conditional model, not a measured future. New tasks and other assumptions change the statement.

Our derivation for a pilot operation

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Source and version

Acemoglu · Modellfassung Mai 2024 · Publikations-/Bezugsjahr 2024. Recherchiert am 12.11.2026.

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Think ahead. Keep checking.

Wirtschaft & Arbeit / Befund / 2023

KI im Support: messbarer Nutzen, ungleich verteilt ↗

5,179 Support staff form the basis of the NBER working paper. With assistance, the number of issues resolved per hour increased by an average of 14%. New and less experienced forces particularly benefited.

Brynjolfsson, Li & Raymond · NBER 31161
Economics & Work / Context / 2025

Exposure is not a layoff forecast ↗

The refined ILO index examines which occupational activities could be exposed to generative AI. It assesses technical exposure, not actual decisions to cut jobs.

ILO · Working Paper 140
Wirtschaft & Arbeit / Mechanismus / 2018

The J-curve: rebuild first, harvest later ↗

Brynjolfsson, Rock, and Syverson explain how complementary investments in organization and knowledge can delay the measured benefits of an enabling technology.

NBER · Productivity J-Curve