Artificial Intelligence,Technical Complexity,and Total Factor Productivity:Empirical Evidence Based on Provincial Panel Data from 2010 to 2020
In the stage of high-quality development,total factor productivity not only depends on the development of artifi-cial intelligence but is also affected to a large extent by technical complexity.This paper estimates the impact of Al and tech-nology complexity on total factor productivity using provincial panel data from 2010 to 2020.The research shows that,in the early stage of artificial intelligence development,the influence of these factors on the promotion of total factor productivity is not significant.After further incorporating the technical complexity into the model,we found that the effective integration of artificial intelligence and technical complexity significantly improves total factor productivity.However,the intermediary effect of technical complexity is not significant.