Anthropic economist calls for token tax as AI could lift labor productivity by 1.8 points
w3_vic · reddit · 2026-09-28
According to BigGo News, an Anthropic economist has called for a token tax, while estimating AI could boost labor productivity by about 1.8 percentage points — tying AI's productivity dividend to tax policy.
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