Brynjolfsson: AI benchmarks soar but economic productivity gains lag like early electricity
luisdans · x · 2026-10-26
Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, notes that while raw AI benchmark scores are skyrocketing, measurable economic productivity gains remain low. Like electricity, which took 30 years to show major factory productivity gains, AI adoption requires reshaping business processes, reskilling labor, and creating new products. His comment comes amid Fidelity's observation that AI adoption is still in early stages.
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