NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Greg Rizzolski.

And I'm Darren Woods. Yesterday you heard me make the case for why AI is actually

underrated. Well, today in the show, I'm going to be arguing the opposite. Why AI is overrated.

I can't wait.

Darian, there are just so many reasons to believe AI is overrated. I could talk about the fact that productivity growth

remains super disappointing. If AI were revolutionizing the economy, we would see it in the data,

we're not seeing it.

I could talk about the fact that AI companies have yet to find a killer app

and that perhaps the biggest application of AI could be like scams,

misinformation, and threatening democracy.

I could talk about the ungodly amount of electricity it takes to power AI,

and how it's raising serious concerns about its contribution to climate change. But alas, I will hold off on those

Darien. Very disciplined. Instead, I will focus on just three reasons why AI is

overrated and I will be enlisting the help of an economist

extraordinary B1, the only MIT economist Jerome Asamoglo. That's coming up

after the break.

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