Nobel Laureate Busts the AI Hype

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In an interview with MIT Sloan Management Review, Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu challenges the pervasive "AI hype," arguing that its immediate economic impact will be far less transformative than widely predicted. He projects that AI will automate only about 5% of tasks and contribute roughly 1% to global GDP this decade, in stark contrast to popular belief. Acemoglu emphasizes that current AI excels in tasks with "ground truth," like playing games or processing established knowledge, but struggles with real-world complexities involving judgment, social interaction, or tacit knowledge. Instead of focusing on cost-cutting or job elimination, he advises business leaders to leverage AI to "augment the capabilities of your workforce" and develop new goods and services, fostering innovation rather than merely following competitor trends.