There is really no argument that AI creates some productivity gains. Even if it's just an improved autocomplete. Because autocomplete does create some productiv

There is really no argument that AI creates some productivity gains. Even if it's just an improved autocomplete. Because autocomplete does create some productivity gains. Pushing farther is murkier though. When it comes to the bulk of the type of work that AI is proving useful for, one of the main questions is why is there a need for speed. It's not in a sense of fear of automating jobs, it's just that generally we are reaching the bottlenecks more quickly and potentially causing more, but different problems, than we are solving. It's similar to the story of the development of vehicles and how even though we move much faster we spend a greater amount of time in transit. My mom used to lament how annoying it was to have to drive to the grocery store because when she was younger and not everyone had cars the store came to you. Twice a day, in the morning and the evening the "rolling store" would drive through the neighborhood and if they didn't have what you needed right then, they would bring it on the next trip. We are finally coming back full circle with things like Instacart but it's taken a solid ~60 years of largely wasted inefficient travel times.