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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: How to Boost U.S. Productivity in the AI Era
Description: Recent advances in artificial intelligence are raising hopes of a U.S. productivity boom by automating mundane tasks, improving decision-making, and opening up new business models and opportunities. At the same time, many workers are skeptical, fearing that the new tools may make them obsolete. What impact will AI have on businesses and employees in the long and short term? And how can we be more productive while also ensuring that the benefits will be distributed equally?A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute, "Rekindling Productivity for a New Era," sheds light on these questions. The study...