Cowen's point estimate for AI contribution to economic growth is 0.5% annually on top of baseline growth, yielding approximately 0.5 percentage points of additional growth per year with high variance across years, implying a doubling of GDP by 2050 from today's baseline.

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My my number is is sort of a two and a halfish percent. So, a kind of growth of about half a percent on top of wherever we might be...a doubling by 2050 from today.

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Tyler Cowen on how AI will reorder economies, schools, and spiritualityAzeem Azhar
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:33:25 AM

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