Cathie Wood: AI could 5x global growth to ~15%, echoing Industrial Revolution
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-13
ARK CEO Cathie Wood says AI could trigger the biggest growth acceleration since the Industrial Revolution: pre-industrial global real GDP growth was 0.6%, then rose 5x to 3%; a repeat under AI would mean 15% growth.
Rohan Paul contrasts this with the IMF's latest forecasts, which assume no extra AI-driven productivity growth: economy-wide data show little effect on wages, jobs, or measured productivity, and the AI hardware trade surge mostly reflects higher prices, not units shipped.
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