Equation 11 · The Jagged Frontier Fallacy: Deconstructing Harvard's Canonical AI Productivity Study

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\alpha_s

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\alpha_s

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where $\alpha_s$ is the baseline economic share of task s and $\pi_s$ = $\frac{c_L(s) - c_A(s)}{c_L(s)}$ represents the proportional cost reduction achieved on that task [ 2 ] .

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[2] The Simple Macroeconomics of AI ↗

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