New project on artificial intelligence and regional economic development launched

AI is considered a cross-sectional technology and has been on everyone's lips at least since the market launch of the chatbot "ChatGPT". Cross-cutting technologies are technologies that are used in many different sectors of the economy. All sectors in which the cross-cutting technology is used can benefit from it both economically and technologically. However, the effects of AI technologies on productivity and technological development are not clear and their impact measured to date also falls short of general expectations.

The project therefore pursues two objectives: Firstly, we want to systematically differentiate AI technologies according to their impact on technological and economic regional development, and secondly, we want to identify and explain the regional prerequisites for a positive impact of AI.

Further information Thünen: Artificial intelligence and regional economic development
Contact: M. A. Alexander Kopka