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Jan 15, 2026
Is AI’s war on busywork a creativity killer? What the experts say
Tech companies are promising to automate mundane, time-consuming tasks. But these are often the gateway to moments of spontaneous inspiration.
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Jan 15, 2026Counting AI: A blueprint to integrate AI investment and use data into US national statistics
Christos Makridis and Erik Brynjolfsson discuss AI's economics impacts and how to capture them in official U.S. government statistics