Glasgow Skeptics

Economists keep telling us that Artificial Intelligence will boost productivity, create better jobs, and make everyone richer. Yet reality seems unconvinced. Why aren’t the trillion-dollar “AI revolutions” showing up in productivity data, wages, or general wellbeing? Are the current job losses AI-caused or AI-washed? Dr Elena Papagiannaki explores what mainstream economics gets wrong about technology, work, and the future, exposing the blind spots behind their shiny graphs and confident forecasts. This talk questions whether economics is equipped to understand AI…