Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-powered robots are now capable of performing more than half of all work hours in the United States, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
The report found that while the vast majority of human skills will remain relevant in an era of large-scale automation, the way people use those skills is expected to change dramatically.
McKinsey’s analysis, published Nov. 25, concludes that today’s AI systems and workplace robots could automate 57 percent of U.S. work hours without any further breakthroughs in technology, provided companies redesign their workflows around automation. At current levels of capability, AI agents could perform tasks that occupy 44 percent of U.S. work hours today, and robots 13 percent, the report said….