Scenarios

September 2026

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    Econ Scenario Explorer

    Three scenarios: modest (impact like the internet), substantial (bigger than the internet or the railroad), extreme (likely requires recursively self-improving AI adopted quickly).

    $34.1T / $36.3T / $44.4TUS GDP in 2030 at 2025 prices in the modest, substantial and extreme scenarios

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    Economic Scenarios for Transformative AI

    Modest: AI touches 4% of task instances by 2030; GDP +1.6%, growth 2.4% a year instead of 2%, labor share 60.0% to 59.4%, unemployment 3.9% against a normal 3.8%.

    +8.3%GDP above the no-AI path in 2030, substantial scenario; the median US adult's answers imply +8.6%

January 2026

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    Four Futures for Jobs in the New Economy: AI and Talent in 2030

    Executive views on AI are lopsided: about 54% expect job displacement, 24% expect job creation, nearly 45% expect higher profit margins and only 12% expect higher wages (Executive Opinion Survey 2024, over 10,000 executives).

    54%executives in the Forum's Executive Opinion Survey who expect AI to displace existing jobs