The old definition of productivity is already obsolete. Measuring human output by tasks completed per hour made sense when humans were the only ones completing tasks. They are no longer.
AI does not get tired, does not need benefits, and scales at near-zero marginal cost. Any job reducible to a repeatable process is a job with an expiration date. The question is not whether displacement happens. It is how fast, and whether institutions are ready.
The original piece is short, but the argument it opens deserves serious attention: if productivity is not redefined around human judgment, creativity, and coordination, then the default outcome is not augmentation. It is replacement. Read it to understand what the reframe actually requires.
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