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Rohan Paul· @rohanpaul_ai · X· 2026-11-09 10:30 · Original publication time AI score27

Alex Imas says millions of AI agents may not bring double-digit economic growthMachine translation

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Google DeepMind Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas says that even with millions of agents and many autonomous organizations, growth could remain in the 4% to 5% range. He argues that AI could make output cheaper, allowing competition to push prices down so rising production is not fully reflected in dollar-measured GDP; double-digit growth would also require buyers with enough money to purchase that output.

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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai

Millions of AI agents, and growth could still sit at 4% to 5%

~ Google DeepMind Director of AGI Economics Alex Imas

"Let's say you have tons of autonomous organizations, millions of agents. There's a state of the world where you're still in like the 4% to 5% growth zone."

Because, GDP measures dollars spent, not how much stuff gets made, and when AI makes something nearly free to produce, competition drives its price down.

So output can explode while its dollar value barely grows, just as farming went from about 40% of GDP to 2% after automation even though food production soared. Double-digit growth would also need buyers with enough money to purchase all that output without prices collapsing.

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