Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to be the next world-altering technology. While there is still plenty of work to be done to capitalize on AI’s ultimate potential, the technology is already becoming a ubiquitous part of everyday life: entertainment and shopping recommendations, text message autocomplete, voice assistants, and even traffic lights. They all use AI to shape the user experience and improve productivity.
AI is changing how work gets done. For example, smart assistants can now handle the basic but annoying chore of scheduling team meetings. And in warehouses, robots algorithmically scurry about gathering products for their human counterparts to ship. Regardless of the industry, knowledge and skill requirements are changing quickly for anyone who wants to play a role in the future of work.
Research from EY shows that AI is increasing workplace operational efficiency and helping organizations make faster, smarter decisions. The generalized fear that AI will take away all human jobs may have subsided, but McKinsey research indicates that up to 50 percent of job tasks are technically automatable. Forbes revealed that 80 percent of CEOs see AI as a critical component of their digital transformation strategy.
According to Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI), AI technology can be a force for helping people achieve well-being and happiness, unleash their potential, obtain greater freedom, relieve them of resource constraints and arbitrary/inflexible rules and processes, and solve important issues, such as SDGs.
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