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You just compared this AI shift to "tractors on farms". Did tractors increase farming output by 20%?
by baobabKoodaa 5mo ago
You just compared this AI shift to "tractors on farms". Did tractors increase farming output by 20%?
- treis 5mo agoThe first tractors in 1911 or whatever probably did. 50 years on and it was many times that.
- rsynnott 5mo agoNo, at least not if you're talking about tractors broadly. The first practical traction engines (~1860) were pretty much instantly revolutionary. I suppose you could make the claim that the first things commonly called tractors (which were petrol-powered) might not have increased productivity very much, but "tractors on farms" should surely be read as the revolutionary moment, not the change in dominant fuel type 50 years later. Also, it's likely not safe to read "20% increase in PRs" as "20% productivity improvement".