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Industrial Revolutionary: AI, Productivity, and Prosperity

By Policy Wonks
3 weeks ago
In Business Policy, Economic Policy, Government Policy, Innovation, Uncategorized
59 Min read
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by Peter Nicholson This essay updates a paper of the same title published by the Public Policy Forum in December 2024 ( ). EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Industrial Revolutionary makes the case that today’s unprecedented developments in artificial intelligence (AI) will drive a new era of global innovation and economic growth, comparable to the transformative shifts brought by the steam engine, electricity...

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How artificial intelligence will fuel Canadian productivity and prosperity

By Policy Wonks
4 months ago
In Economy, Innovation
59 Min read
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by Peter Nicholson Summary: The objective of the paper is to make the case for Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a “General Purpose Technology”—analogous in potential economic impact to revolutionary technologies of the past such as the steam engine, electricity, and the microchip which spawned the industrial revolutions that created the modern world. The theme is the potential of AI to reignite...

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