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When applied to the Harvard BCG findings, Acemoglu’s macroeconomic framework reveals why the study’s 40% performance gains cannot be translated linearly into organizational throughput: σ→0\sigma \to 0. Using rigorous baseline accounting across the United States economy, Acemoglu estimates that generative artificial intelligence will affect no more than 4.6% of total tasks over a ten-year horizon, producing an aggregate TFP increase of less than 0.71% cumulatively over a decade (approximately 0.07% annually) [ 2 ] . The breathless projections of 40% corporate workforce expansion derived from micro-task consulting studies collapse when subjected to rigorous general-equilibrium accounting.

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

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When applied to the Harvard BCG findings, Acemoglu’s macroeconomic framework reveals why the study’s 40% performance gains cannot be translated linearly into organizational throughput: σ→0\sigma \to 0. Using rigorous baseline accounting across the United States economy, Acemoglu estimates that generative artificial intelligence will affect no more than 4.6% of total tasks over a ten-year horizon, producing an aggregate TFP increase of less than 0.71% cumulatively over a decade (approximately 0.07% annually) [ 2 ] . The breathless projections of 40% corporate workforce expansion derived from micro-task consulting studies collapse when subjected to rigorous general-equilibrium accounting.

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