Chapter 9
Predicting Agentic AI’s Economic Impact
IN THIS CHAPTER
Looking for gains in productivity
Watching out for people in the workforce
Optimizing task delegation
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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