We keep hearing we can't be 'competitive' without hugging AI, & yet a growing body of research asserts this is in fact bovine manure.

Check out this steely take from Nobel Laureate (Econ) Daron Acemoglu:

"[...]roughly 0.55% in total factor productivity gains is what AI will actually deliver over the next decade, a fraction of Wall Street’s euphoric projections."

He insists what we should really b focusing on is that AI is simply about vastly extending corporate power

https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/nobel-laureate-daron-acemoglu-ai-productivity-capitalism-democracy/