The Tragedy of Productivity: A Unified Framework for Diagnosing Coordination Failures in Labor Markets and AI Governance

Key Points

• Coordination failures significantly hinder productivity in various labor markets, impacting economic growth.
• The analysis shows that failures in coordination can influence both human labor and AI systems in comparable ways.
• Observational analysis evaluating productivity across different sectors identifies key factors of these failures.
• This work highlights the necessity of addressing these coordination issues to improve efficiency in both labor and AI systems.