The AI sector may be growing 2,000% a year while GDP misses it

Quality-adjusted AI output can expand extremely quickly while remaining nearly invisible in standard GDP statistics, creating a policy measurement gap

1/ My new @PIIE research with Patrick McKelvey on ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† finds the AI sector in the US ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ%+/๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ in quality-adjusted termsโ€”yet it's nearly invisible in GDP. We can't let thi
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