AI economy: threat or opportunity?
Could the current economic turbulence – or a recession – lead to an even more widespread adoption of AI and AI agents as an economic decision? There is a risk for business leaders thinking in case of sour time, they could simply dismiss workers and exchange in AI systems to replace them – such a choice could be extremely counterproductive.
The cruelty of dismissals aside, the vast majority of companies are simply not ready to simply adopt AI on a basket, said Phil FershtCEO of HFS Research, in a recent interview On the CXO speech by Michael Krigman. The problem is that, linked to Fersht, is that most companies still do not have experience, skills and knowledge to implement AI in an intelligent and evolutionary way.
Many companies are now “very aware of what they can do, but they have not yet had this burning platform trigger to go,” he continued. “My concern is that if we immerse ourselves in a deep recession, you will see certain organizations literally go out and say:” We will just start counting much more on AI, and we will let people go. “”
The risk with such a “army,” said Fersht, is “how advanced they are by kissing this. Are they ready to do anything? ”
By working with many companies, Fersht has found “they don’t do much”. Only about 15% of leaders believe that they are really ready to adopt AI positively and intelligently, noted its business through surveys. They have “fairly integrated opinions on where they are going; They have a strong culture of support, and they kiss him. ”
The majority of companies, he said, “are always to be understood, either they are not on the way.
Fersht stressed that leaders did not consciously think of getting rid of people. “They actually think:” How can we break with the past? ” Companies have a lot of data, they don’t know what to do with it. The reflection is rather to detach yourself from inherited systems, to begin to really build the new with agent systems.
There is an “a-first state of mind” that shapes future job and skills acquisition plans. Businesses “now insist before hiring a new staff, you must show that this work cannot be done by AI. We have reached this point fairly quickly. ”
The impact on relocation – previously considered as a way to avoid new hiring – is already tangible, he continued. “Now, the C-Suite guidelines are:” Can we not do it with AI? ” The interests of agents is really this ability for companies to grow and develop in a way that you do not need to continue to add more and more people.
For business people, there is both a threat and an opportunity. “If you are in a job where you can be replicated and replaced effectively, you know in a way, and you must understand:” How to continue to add value to a company? “”
The value for humans comes from collaboration, human skills and empathy. “If you can become a great person with everyone likes to work and you become very thoughtful about what you are doing, and you are starting to collaborate beyond your existing area, you become very precious for your business.”
