The Fed Is Watching Now: What Washington's First AI Adoption Monitor Actually Measures

The same economy produces 18%, 41%, and 78% AI adoption figures simultaneously. All three are correct. A new Federal Reserve note explains why — and reveals the measurement blind spot: agents don't appear in any of the three surveys.

Three measuring instruments aimed at the same subject, each returning a different reading — the visual argument for methodology variation in AI adoption data.
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