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Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | [email protected]

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John Burn-Murdoch 2d

Also, AI use is now very widespread in these sectors in all high-income countries, so a simple “AI adoption -> productivity boost” story doesn’t fit the international pattern. (NB I’m not saying US responding differently to same forces more broadly is implausible — more on this later)

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 2d

First, the basics. The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.

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John Burn-Murdoch 2d

First, the basics. The US productivity uptick in AI-adopting sectors starts in 2020, not 2022. Even if you spot a new acceleration around 2022, that’s too early to be AI. Back then it was chatbots, not agents.

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 2d

NEW 🧵 on AI and productivity: Lots of people say this chart shows AI is now showing up in the productivity data. But I made the chart to argue the opposite: a trend that pre-dates AI + only shows up in the US doesn’t look like AI. Here’s how I’m thinking about the data and underlying dynamics:

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