Dossier
The Second Machine Age
Coverage of The Second Machine Age in the Nexus archive.
- The Man Who Saw AI Coming
Erik Brynjolfsson, an economist, predicted AI would transform society decades before tools like ChatGPT emerged. He argued against claims of technological stagnation, asserting that AI would drive productivity growth and reshape industries, similar to past industrial revolutions. Brynjolfsson's current work at Stanford focuses on AI's impact on labor and innovation.