alt Hacker NewsLooking at that graph is very interesting. There is no obvious point where the microcomputer or the Internet made any major difference.
For that matter if we want to talk about percentage increases that should be a log scale. Productivity improvements appear to be slowing down.
> There is no obvious point where the microcomputer or the Internet made any major difference
I think it lags. There was a sag between the mid-70s and mid-90s, which is when computers and the Internet were being rapidly developed but weren't really hitting the business mainstream. But late 90s through today it clearly ramped up a lot -- my bet is this is because of IT. It just takes a long time, it's not a sharp jump because not every business gets on board immediately and productively.
My guess is AI ends up the same. But then again, I'm not an economist, only a developer, so I just think I can tell anything about that productivity graph.