Bret Taylor guesses that even if AI innovation stopped, existing models still hold trillions of dollars of economic value that has not yet been realized. Listen
Bret Taylor offered this as a thought exercise, saying that many tasks already need less intelligence than current models provide. He said this is his guess and that the implication is interesting in itself.
“if we paused innovation and just absorbed the intelligence of all the existing models, my guess is there's still trillions of dollars of economic value we haven't realized yet”
From How Sierra Is Pulling Ahead in the AI Race | Co-founder Bret Taylor.