The core explanation for the productivity puzzle is not measurement problems but the direction of AI development: if automation is overdone and information centralization is pursued, the promised productivity boom will not materialize.

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Daron Acemoglu

Evidence Quote

If you overdo automation, if you overdo information centralization, you're not actually going to get all that promised productivity boom.

Source

AI Is Not Improving Productivity: Nobel Laureate Daron AcemogluMIT Sloan Management Review
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:05:02 PM

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