Satya Nadella acknowledged that the promised 10% productivity growth from the industrial revolution's steam engine is not appearing in LLM productivity data, suggesting that despite hype about AI driving enterprise productivity, the numbers do not support these claims.
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“Where's the 10% growth that we were shown that we had in the industrial revolution in which there was the invention of the steam engine? It's not there and it's not going to come.”
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Authors of "THE AI CON" discussing the problematic hype about AI & what those working tech should do— Product Impact Reports | AI Strategy & PlaybooksCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:41:46 AM
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