Business History· 2026Q1
How progress ends: Technology, innovation, and the fate of nations
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Nations heavily investing in AI may paradoxically face economic stagnation and decline, challenging the assumption of self-sustaining progress.
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Key points
- Nations investing heavily in AI may paradoxically face economic stagnation.
- The assumption of self-sustaining technological progress is challenged.
- Technological advancement could lead to a 'progress trap' instead of growth.
- The paper explores the potential for innovation to precipitate national decline.
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Abstract
Carl Benedikt Frey opens with a puzzle that ought to unsettle anyone who assumes progress is self-sustaining, asking the question: why do the two economies most feverishly investing in artificial i...
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