The Productivity J-Curve best explains AI’s productivity paradox. The investments across different categories beyond technology initially depress measurable output. Rather…
Incumbent corporations are investing in and incorporating AI, yet most fail to fundamentally alter their operating models or achieve strong ROI as a result. The root of this failure is not technological. It is macroeconomic and organizational. US enterprises are attempting to execute a paradigm-shifting technological transition within a market environment that offers them no structural shock absorber, in the way a formal industrial policy can. These enterprises must navigate the AI transition while addressing a rapidly changing market environment and the AI Stakeholder Squeeze.

