Microsoft publishes a Nobel economist's forecast on AI's economic impact
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The Decoder reported on October 7 that Microsoft published Nobel economist Daron Acemoglu's view on AI's economic impact. He forecasts that AI will add about 1.5% to GDP within a decade and replace at most 5% of jobs. To get productivity gains, he says, companies need to reassign tasks, raise worker skills and restructure the organization, a transition that may take longer than electrification did. He also acknowledges that AI's pace of development is hard to predict. These figures are his forecasts, not realized growth or job losses.
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- The DecoderMicrosoft publishes Nobel economist's bearish AI forecast of just 1.5% GDP growth over a decade
Microsoft 刊登诺奖经济学家 Daron Acemoglu 的观点，预测 AI 将在十年内推动 GDP 增长约 1.5%，替代至多 5% 的岗位。他认为企业需要重分配任务、提升员工技能并重构组织才能获得生产率收益，这一过程可能比电气化更漫长，也承认 AI 发展速度难以预测。
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