Daniel Rock: AI investment mirrors software spending because the two are strong complements
danielrock · x · 2026-10-21
Citing Nick Bloom's AI adoption survey, economist Daniel Rock argues AI investment concentrates in the same places as ordinary software investment because software and AI are strong complements — firms add AI where software intensity is already high, tying AI adoption concentration to broader economic structure.
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