# kaal:claim:5886442-004

**Claim.** Generative AI unlocks 2.6 to 4.4 trillion dollars in annual value by automating 60 to 70 percent of work activities and reallocating 45 percent of working hours.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- figures drawn from McKinsey Global Institute estimates running through 2040

**Source quote.**

> Generative AI unlocks $2.6–$4.4 trillion in annual value by automating 60–70% of work activities, reallocating 45% of hours

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The AI-to-AI Economy and the Collapse of Anthropocentric Economic Theory* (2025), Macroeconomic Propositions and Impacts, page 8

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The AI-to-AI Economy and the Collapse of Anthropocentric Economic Theory (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886442

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**Topics.** ai-and-agents, economics

**Keywords.** productivity, generative-ai, labor-automation, economic-value

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