Equation 10 · Part 9 · The Jagged Frontier Fallacy: Deconstructing Harvard's Canonical AI Productivity Study
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
where each task y(s) can be performed by labor or by an automated system if that task falls within the feasible automated set . Under Hulten’s theorem, the first-order aggregate TFP cost savings from automating a subset of tasks is bounded by the expenditure share of the automated tasks multiplied by the average unit cost reduction: . where is the baseline economic share of task s and = represents the proportional cost reduction achieved on that task [ 2 ] .
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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