Accenture analysis across 12 countries, that together generate more than 50 percent of the world’s economic output, shows that AI can open up opportunities to create new value, reinforcing the role of people to drive growth in business.

2.6

40%INCREASE IN LABOR PRODUCTIVITY BY 2035

AI HELPS PEOPLE BE MORE PRODUCTIVE

A comparison of baseline annual gross value added growth (%) in 2035 to a scenario where AI has been absorbed.

AI CAN DOUBLE GROWTH RATES

What is AI?AI involves multiple technologies that can be combined in di�erent ways to sense, comprehend, act and learn.

0.8

1.7

1.41.6

1.7

2.52.1

4.64.1

3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5

3.93.6

1.6 1.7

1.4

SPAINBELGIUMJAPANAUSTRIAGERMANYNETHERLANDSSWEDEN

2.1

3.5

CANADAUNITEDKINGDOM

FINLANDUNITED STATES

FRANCE

BASELINE AI STEADY STATE

Baseline AI steady state

Number of years for the economy to double in size (a full circle represents 100 years)

AI CAN DOUBLE ECONOMIES’ SIZE

JapanFrance

Canada

Germany

United KingdomUnited States

Intelligent automationCreates growth beyond traditional automation solutions

Labor and capital augmentationMakes more e�icient use of the workforce and capital assets

Innovation di�usionUses AI to stimulate new ideas

Three AI accelerators unleash new levels of human creativityFUELING INNOVATION

Slow growthSince the 1980s, GDP growth has slowed in many large economies.

Weak productivityTotal factor productivity has weakened in the past 10 years.

Falling capital e�iciencyThe marginal capital e�iciency rate has dropped over 50 years.

Aging workforceAs populations age and birth rates slow, fewer people are available.

AI establishes a new relationship between people and machines, creating new factors of productivity and growth

AI SOLVES KEYBUSINESS CHALLENGES

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