How to fine-tune AI for prosperity

Any effect on the current statistics, he says, will likely still be quite small and won't be "world-changing," so he's not surprised that signs of AI's impact haven't been detected yet. But he's watching closely, with the hope that over the next few years AI could help reverse a two-decade slump in productivity growth that is undermining much of the economy. If that does happen, Syverson says, "then it is world changing." The newest versions of generative AI are bedazzling, with lifelike videos, seemingly expert-sounding prose, and other all too humanlike behaviors. Business leaders are fretting over how to reinvent their companies as billions flow into startups, and the big AI companies are creating ever more powerful models.