1、The Asian Productivity Organization(APO)is an intergovernmental organization that promotes productivity as a key enabler for socioeconomic development and organizational and enterprise growth.It promotes productivity improvement tools,techniques,and methodologies;supports the National Productivity O

2、rganizations of its members;conducts research on productivity trends;and disseminates productivity information,analyses,and data.The APO was established in 1961 and comprises 21 members.APO Members Bangladesh,Cambodia,Republic of China,Fiji,Hong Kong,India,Indonesia,Islamic Republic of Iran,Japan,Re

3、public of Korea,Lao PDR,Malaysia,Mongolia,Nepal,Pakistan,Philippines,Singapore,Sri Lanka,Thailand,Turkiye,and Vietnam.AI AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMYTRANSFORMING APO MEMBERSAPRIL 2025|ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANIZATIONAI and the Knowledge Economy:Transforming APO MembersKorea Institute for Industrial Econ

4、omics and Trade(KIET)served as the volume editor.First edition published in Japanby the Asian Productivity Organization1-24-1 Hongo,Bunkyo-kuTokyo 113-0033,Japanwww.apo-tokyo.org 2025 Asian Productivity OrganizationThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views

5、 of the Asian Productivity Organization(APO)or any APO member.All rights reserved.None of the contents of this publication may be used,reproduced,stored,or transferred in any form or by any means for commercial purposes without prior written permission from the APO.Designed by BM NxtCONTENTSFOREWORD

6、 VIIEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1Methodology 1AI and the Knowledge Economy 1Summary of Analytical Findings 2Policy Recommendations 2SECTION 1:INTRODUCTION 4SECTION 2:THE EMERGENCE OF AI AND THE TRANSITION TO A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 6AI:A Major New GPT 6Defining AI 6The Economic Importance of AI as a GPT 7Knowledg