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He pointed to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showing how between 1947 to 1973 — before the advent of PCS — productivity improved by 2.7 percent annually, but only 2.1 percent between 1990 and 2001, once PCs had hit the mainstream. … “Outsourcing is a very popular one,” he told The Register. “They’re firing people because of AI, and then three weeks later they hire a team in India because the labor is so much cheaper.”

_{Quote Citation: Frank Landymore, “AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst”, Jan 18, 2026 10:30 AM EST, https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-failing-boost-productivity}