Paper argues AI’s productivity paradox needs an attention reinvestment cycle
lawrennd · x · 2026-07-29
- The author says the challenge of AI’s social productivity paradox is now published in Science and Public Policy.
- The paper/article proposes an attention reinvestment cycle as a way to address the paradox.
- This is framed as a social-and-economic consequences discussion around AI, rather than a technical model update or a specific regulatory action.
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