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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by diego_moita on Saturday May 31, 2025 @10:19AM (#44144437)
That is a smart question.

In 1987 the economist Robert Solow said "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics".

We should remark he said this long before the internet, web and mobile, so probably the remark needs an update.

However, I think it cuts through the salesmen hype. Anytime we see these kinds of claims we should reply "show me the numbers". I'll wait until economists make these big claims, will not trust CEOs and salesmen.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by marcosdumay on Saturday May 31, 2025 @03:08PM (#44146331)
> so probably the remark needs an update

Only if you want to add "internet, web, and mobile" before "age". Otherwise it doesn't need any change.

But that phrase is about the productivity statistics, not about computers or actual productivity.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by tilne on Saturday May 31, 2025 @08:20PM (#44147816)
You’re saying that the internet, web, and mobile haven’t improved productivity?
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by marcosdumay on Monday June 02, 2025 @06:03PM (#44163617)
They didn't change a bit the productivity statistics.

The problem with computers not changing the productivity statistics is one of the great mysteries economists argue about. It's very clear nowadays that there are problems on both the "statistics" and "productivity" sides of it, but the internet, web, and mobile didn't change anything.

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