A new study finds that Americans have adopted generative AI faster than personal computers and the internet. Does this mean we’re about to see a long-awaited increase in productivity growth? Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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Before conducting a recent survey of Americans to figure out how much they’re using generative AI, Harvard University economist David Deming says he was solidly in the “AI skeptic” camp. That is, he was skeptical that the explosion of generative AI would offer sizable benefits for the U.S. economy anytime soon. Now, however, he says he’s more optimistic.
“I was