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Agentic AI For Dummies
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Agentic AI For Dummies

by Pam Baker
January 2026
Beginner
352 pages
9h 8m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Predicting Agentic AI’s Economic Impact

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Looking for gains in productivity

Bullet Watching out for people in the workforce

Bullet Optimizing task delegation

Bullet Exploring the future of business and economies

Agentic AI is already reshaping industries, redefining productivity, and prompting a broad reevaluation of how value is created and distributed. Estimates for GenAI’s annual value creation by industry analysts run into the trillions and are still growing. That level of economic impact is remarkable, especially considering how new the technology is and how complex it is to deploy in real-world settings.

Still, intense demand from enterprises, investors, and governments is pushing development and adoption of Agentic AI forward at an extraordinary, and some would say reckless, pace. This chapter explores the possible economic benefits, drawbacks, and broader effects of that momentum.

Predicting Productivity Gains and Automation Impacts

Many companies that rushed to adopt Generative AI (GenAI) are now realizing that the promised returns have been slower and smaller than ...

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