The companies are trampling to set up AI agents within their work flow to A quick clip. But Staff are scared that this technological revolution can lead to themselves Professional damageAnd new research shows that they have a good reason to worry.
About 87% of business officials believe AI agents will remove employees unless companies are ready Upskill their staffAccording to KPMG's recent management company Ai Quarterly Pulse Examination. That includes providing additional training, creating new goals or even changing their responsibilities.
“Our clients no longer ask 'if' AI changes their business, they ask 'how fast' it can be sent,” notes Todd Lohr, the head of the environment at KPMG. “This is not just about the adoption of technology, it is about the basic business changes that need to consider again how the work is done and how it is measured.”
The deployment of AI agents in all organizations has increased three times since the fourth quarter of last year, according to the report. About 82% of business officials believe that AI agents will be key contributors to next year, and the same number believes these agents will change completely Business environment In the next two years.
The CEO has recently been confident about saying that AI can lead to the work force of humans. Anthropic CEO Said earlier this year That AI can eliminate half of the entry level responsibilities. Executive Director of Language Language Duolingo Program They told the staff In April that they could hire a new person if they first proved the job could not be done by AI. And meta Recently announced Plans to replace 90% of its humanitarian workers who inspect platform privacy and social dangers with AI.
Growing workers can be easier to say than to do, though. While two -thirds of leaders expect workers to update their AI skills, only three say the companies they work is to provide policy closer to how technology should be used, according to the latest Research From the advice of talent Adecco group. Different Read From a management consulting company, Oliver Wyman found that when 78% of employees want AI training, only 57% say such high efforts made by their company have been inadequate.
“As employers, we have a responsibility to help organize current and future employees for a new job change,” writes Edwige Sacco, head of staff innovation in KPMG. “Investment in human change management, modern ways of learning, increasing power, and new examples of human interaction-AI are essential for opening a long-term return to AI investment.”
Brit Morse
Brit.morse@fortune.com
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