US Workers See AI-Induced Productivity Growth, Fed Survey Shows

Workers reported saving a substantial number of work hours by using generative artificial intelligence, according to research conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, along with Vanderbilt and Harvard universities.

The researchers, drawing from what they identified as the first nationally representative survey of generative AI adoption, measured the impact of generative AI on work productivity by how much workers used the technology and how intensely. They found users are saving meaningful amounts of time.

“On average, workers are 33% more productive in each hour that they use generative AI,” the paper found.

Among respondents that used generative ...