> The more AI causes productivity increases, the less and less number of workers will be needed.

That only holds if companies have a fixed need for "productivity" which is met by their current employees, such that their employees becoming more productive means they need less of them.

Every company I've ever worked for has wanted to achieve way more than they are able to get done with current resources.

But generally yes, the biggest open question about all of this is how the impact will play out on the economy, job opportunities etc. I've not seen anyone come close to a confident prediction about how this will play out.

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jbreckmckye 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Every company I've ever worked for has wanted to achieve way more than they are able to get done with current resources.

I mean sure. Every company wants an infinite addressable market. But that doesn't mean it exists.

It might not be possible to sell 10x the software we sell today. It might not even be possible to sell 2x

	▲	forgetfulness 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's hard to imagine how making insurance sales cheaper for the brokers, churning out astrology apps faster, AI boyfriend bots or running ad campaigns with fewer and lower paid designers is going to drive 10% GDP growth in developed and middle income countries, that's the sort of figures you see when very poor countries finish rolling out electrification, sanitation and transportation.