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> MIT estimates only 5% of the workforce can be replaced long term. The model by MIT's Daron Acemoglu estimates that ~5% of U.S. tasks can be completely and pr
by CharlesW 1y ago
> MIT estimates only 5% of the workforce can be replaced long term.
The model by MIT's Daron Acemoglu estimates that ~5% of U.S. tasks can be completely and profitably automated by AI within ten years.
It was expressly not a head-count forecast, and didn't attempt to quantify the headcount reduction that AI augmentation could enable.
- another_twist 1y agohttps://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/The%20Simple%20Macroeconomics%20of%20AI.pdf https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2024-04/The%20... Is this the MIT paper ? In this one the TFP is 0.55%
- red-iron-pine 1y agoi think profitably is the key word here, since AI orgs are burning ungodly amounts of money and electricity and will expect to recoup that money.