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The aim is to examine whether AI can enhance productivity in a way that benefits workers and address issues of inequality.

Can the fourth industrial revolution solve the productivity problem?

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The aim is to examine whether AI can enhance productivity in a way that benefits workers and address issues of inequality.
Identified distinctions between zero-sum and positive-sum productivity outcomes.
Analyzed factors affecting productivity gains distribution among workers and capital owners.
Examined historical data on wages decoupled from productivity since the 1970s.
AI adoption may not lead to shared productivity gains for workers, raising concerns about income inequalities.
Identified factors such as corporate tendencies to retain gains and AI's threat to specialized knowledge jobs.
The approach to productivity gains is influenced more by institutional policies than by the technology itself.

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This article challenges AI's potential to improve productivity for workers, suggesting it may increase inequalities instead.

Tholen et al. (2026) studied this question.

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