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Mar 2025
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Erik Brynjolfsson on how AI is rewriting...

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
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The Stanford economist unpacks AI’s impact on work and productivity, its limitations, and wider implications. He also lays out what organizations can do to get more out of the technology as they invest in the transformation. And he updates his longstanding research into augmenting traditional GDP metrics to capture the value of digital goods and services. 
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