---
title: "When AI is too successful: the worrying scenario of “phantom GDP”"
description: Imagine an economy that keeps growing, companies making record profits, and markets hitting new highs, yet millions of skilled workers struggle to find jobs. AI now handles tasks that humans used to do, faster and cheaper than any employee. Productivity rises, but wages and household income lag. Growth is happening, but people are being left out. How will society adapt when success no longer depends on human work?
---

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# [When AI is too successful: the worrying scenario of “phantom GDP”](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/when-ai-is-too-successful-the-worrying-scenario-of-phantom-gdp)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Mar 3, 2026, 9:59:55 AM

<https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus_260303_GhostEconomy.pdf?hsLang=en><https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus-Changing%20investment%20preferences%20from%20boomers%20to%20GenZ-31.08.23.pdf?hsLang=en>

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