NBP advisor says AI has irreversibly automated his 20-year-old career skills
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-09
Jakub Growc, economics professor at SGH and advisor to Poland's central bank (NBP), published a striking essay on AI's pace: the core skills that sustained his 20-year academic career have, in his words, been "officially and irreversibly automated." He describes abandoning his long-standing workflow of pen, paper and occasional Excel/Matlab/Staty — viable until about five years ago — as untenable in the AI era, and even asks whether the profession of academic economist will cease to exist. The retweeter adds "Two months?", underscoring how fast the shift feels.
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