Erik Brynjolfsson on automation, productivity, work, and the future

by Jason Crawford · June 17, 2022 · 1 min read

I hosted an Interintellect SuperSalon, with economist and author Erik Brynjolfsson as my guest. Topics included:

• Opportunities for productivity improvements through AI
• The productivity slowdown and its causes
• The transitions needed to adapt to a new general-purpose technology; his “J-curve” theory
• How automation affects employment and unemployment

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