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Putting AI to work for South Africans

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  • Johan Fourie

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The argument of this note is simple: a national AI policy will be judged by whether it equips and empowers South Africans to put the defining general-purpose technology of this era to work to build a more prosperous future, or stands between them and it.

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  • Johan Fourie, 2026. "Putting AI to work for South Africans," Research Notes 202608, Bureau for Economic Research Impumelelo Growth Lab.
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    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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