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AI, tractors, and the productivity paradox

Where are AI's productivity gains hiding? What kitted out Model Ts can teach us.

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Apr 30, 2026
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The question everyone seems to be asking these days with respect to AI is: if it’s so impactful as claimed, why is it not showing up in any economic stats?

It is not the first time that such a paradox has shown up in the deployment of a new technology. In 1987, Robert Solow remarked that you can see the computer age everywhere except in the productivity …

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