Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor

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  I have read a lot of science fiction recently.

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  Specifically, I have read a lot of analysis of how AI is going to lead to a productivity mega boom.

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  We've had anecdotes and studies of specific settings.

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  We've also had a lot of corporate tales and many excited emoji-filled LinkedIn posts.

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  But beneath all of that,

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  it's been quite hard to see real-life evidence of AI making us more efficient at scale.

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  Recently, though, There are signs that we might be able to move on from science fiction to fact.

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  There are signs that the positive effects that people have been discussing might be showing up in the data.

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  This week, we're going to ask, is AI making us more productive?

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  This is The Economics Show with Samaya Keynes.

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  I'm joined here in the studio by my wonderful colleagues, John Byrne Murdoch and Sarah O'Connor.

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  Sarah and John, hello.

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  Hello.

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  Hello.

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  Okay.

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  So you write this newsletter together on AI and the labour market.

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  And so on this show, we always start with a question where the answer is on a scale of one to 10.

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  So on that scale, one to 10, how bullish are you about the effects of AI on productivity now?

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  Sarah, I'm going to start with you.

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  Right now.

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