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AI & productivity: the economic effects

If the numbers go up and to the right that has to be good, right?

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Dave Friedman
Dec 23, 2023
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For now we are the puppetmaster, and AI is the puppet that makes everything better. It’s unclear for how long this metaphor will last.

Years ago, I worked as a financial analyst at Citigroup. I managed a $120 million capital budget for a years-long project involving the relocation of its data centers from the northeastern United States to a more geograph…

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