A few years ago, McKinsey had estimated that about half of worker hours worldwide were spent on tasks that could be automated. Now its raising the figure to as high as 60-70%.
Ai Boom Knowledge Workers: Generative AI will give humans a new “superpower”, and the economy a much-needed productivity injection, said Lareina Yee, a senior partner at the firm and chair of McKinsey Technology, in the report.
From Bloomberg: The worldwide boom in generative artificial intelligence will usher in an age of accelerated productivity and greater prosperity for some and profound disruption for others, primarily knowledge workers, according to a new report by consultants McKinsey & Co.