AI Could Double Productivity Within Decade, Top Researchers Say

Jan. 14, 2025, 8:49 PM UTC

AI could soon surpass human capabilities in producing documents and illustrations, while advances in robotics could replace physical tasks like package delivery or high-volume food production.

That’s why government and society need to be prepared for a wide range of contingencies as AI technology improves, two preeminent artificial intelligence researchers said Tuesday.

Erik Brynjolfsson of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and Tom Mitchell of Carnegie Mellon University’s Block Center for Technology and Society were speaking at a webinar to highlight a report by the National Academies they co-chaired on “Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Work,” which was released in ...

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