--- title: "The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Platforms, Abundant Computing, Growth and Employment" authors: - name: "Zysman, John" - name: "Kenney, Martin" date_published: "2016-10-17" series: "ETLA Raportit - Reports" series_number: "61" issn: - "2323-2447" - "2323-2455" jel_codes: - "D780" - "L860" - "O330" language: "en" publisher: "ETLA Economic Research" pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-61.pdf" keywords: - "Platforms" - "Automation" - "Gig economy" - "Governance" - "Public policy" identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-61" abstract: "This report argues that computer-intensive automation (CIAutomation) is likely to change the nature of work and manufacturing value creation in the emerging Platform Economy.  The industrial and service changes based on low-cost computation, as they become more generalized, may reverse Robert Gordon’s observations about the slowing growth in productivity.  However, the increased adoption of CIAutomation also poses profound dilemmas for society that revolve around whether this automation will be used to solely to replace workers or can be integrated into production of goods and services in ways that augment human capacities and intelligence. Finally, we speculate upon the role of the state in in governing and shaping the emergence of the Platform Economy." --- # The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Platforms, Abundant Computing, Growth and Employment **Published:** 2016-10-17 **Categories:** Publications, Reports **URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/the-next-phase-in-the-digital-revolution-platforms-abundant-computing-growth-and-employment/ #### Abstract This report argues that computer-intensive automation (CIAutomation) is likely to change the nature of work and manufacturing value creation in the emerging Platform Economy. The industrial and service changes based on low-cost computation, as they become more generalized, may reverse Robert Gordon’s observations about the slowing growth in productivity. However, the increased adoption of CIAutomation also poses profound dilemmas for society that revolve around whether this automation will be used to solely to replace workers or can be integrated into production of goods and services in ways that augment human capacities and intelligence. Finally, we speculate upon the role of the state in in governing and shaping the emergence of the Platform Economy. --- ## Additional Information **Kirjoittajat:** Zysman, John - Kenney, Martin **Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-61-kansi.jpg **Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-61.pdf **Key Words:** Platforms, Automation, Gig economy, Governance, Public policy **Jel:** D780, L860, O330 **Paivays:** 17.10.2016 **Sivuja:** 21 **Kieli:** en **Sarja:** ETLA Raportit - Reports **Sarja Nro:** 61 **Issn:** 2323-2447, 2323-2455 (Pdf) **Saatavuus:** 2 ## Bibliographic metadata (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "@id": "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-61", "headline": "The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Platforms, Abundant Computing, Growth and Employment", "inLanguage": "en", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ETLA Economic Research", "url": "https://www.etla.fi", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/logo-etla_logo.svg" } }, "datePublished": "2016-10-17T00:00:00+00:00", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zysman, John" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenney, Martin" } ], "abstract": "This report argues that computer-intensive automation (CIAutomation) is likely to change the nature of work and manufacturing value creation in the emerging Platform Economy.  The industrial and service changes based on low-cost computation, as they become more generalized, may reverse Robert Gordon’s observations about the slowing growth in productivity.  However, the increased adoption of CIAutomation also poses profound dilemmas for society that revolve around whether this automation will be used to solely to replace workers or can be integrated into production of goods and services in ways that augment human capacities and intelligence. 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