Nick Bloom Says AI Could Reverse 15 Years of Weak Productivity
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Updated · Financial Times · Jul 31
Nick Bloom Says AI Could Reverse 15 Years of Weak Productivity
1 articles · Updated · Financial Times · Jul 31
Summary
15 years of weak productivity is the backdrop for Nick Bloom’s latest discussion with Soumaya Keynes on whether AI can finally lift output across developed economies.
Bloom says many CFOs and CEOs now expect AI to supercharge their businesses, even though broad economy-wide productivity gains have not yet shown up clearly.
The conversation also examines how widely those gains may spread, raising the question of whether AI’s benefits will be concentrated in a few firms or shared more broadly.
Working from home is part of the wider productivity debate as well, with Bloom arguing it can support labour output and even fertility rates.