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Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of generative artificial intelligence

Shakked Noy, Whitney Zhang

Synopsis

RCT with 453 college-educated professionals on writing tasks; ChatGPT cuts time 40%, raises quality 18%; weaker workers benefit most. 2 weeks/2 months later, exposed workers are 2x/1.6x as likely to use ChatGPT in their job.

Keywords

·ChatGPT ·RCT ·professional writing ·productivity ·inequality

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