[ac29]

> The Census Bureau asks if firms are using AI "to help produce goods or services"

That's odd. I use AI tools at work occasionally, but since our business involves selling physical goods, I guess we would not count as an AI adopter in this survey.

[tripletao]

After more investigation, I'm not sure what question was asked. I quoted that exact language from Apollo, and the Census Bureau uses very similar language in the spreadsheet with the aggregated responses, at

https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/Employment%20Size%...

I'm unable to find a questionnaire with that language, though. I found a different questionnaire with many AI-related questions, some of which I believe would usefully capture both your situation and my hypothetical above. None closely match that language, though. The closest might be question 23, but that asks about use "in any of its business functions".

https://www2.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/busi...

[tripletao]

After yet more investigation, I think I found the questionnaire. Question 7 asks:

> Between MMM DD – MMM DD, did this business use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in producing goods or services? (Examples of AI: machine learning, natural language processing, virtual agents, voice recognition, etc.)

https://www2.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products/busi...

This closely tracks Apollo's language and the language in the results spreadsheet.