Turing Award winner David Patterson: economy output will grow ~100x in 10 years
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-11-07
Turing Award winner and computer architecture pioneer David Patterson predicts that the current output of the economy is about 1% of what it will be 10 years from now — implying AI could drive roughly a 100x expansion in economic output over the decade.
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