AI (and the end of BS)
Some weeks ago, after reviewing a strategy for a global FMCG, we opened ChatGPT with a client and asked the same brief question. In 30 seconds, shows almost the same conclusions.
"That's scary; eventually, we're going to lose our job"... "No, we have to think that shortly we're going to save 1/3 of time and budget, cause we'll stop paying for BS"
Silence in the room. Between fear, acceptance, opportunity combined with anxiety, we understood that the best Executive in this session was not human.
ChatGPT, launched in November last year, reached 100 million monthly active users in January, according to Similarweb. It took Instagram two and a half years and nine months to TikTok to reach this milestone, and Jumping OpenAI to the 50 most visited websites in the world.
For many, Generative AI will be the technology that will take the next great leap for humanity. Just as a decade ago, Blue Collars through Sharing Economy turn a private car into a living source, or get delivery and repair jobs from apps. AI will impact a large part of regular and specific White Collars functions.
Different solutions presented include the automation of tasks like data entry, accounting, payroll processing, contract review, due diligence, and compliance verification.
It's also explore as Assistant or PM. Upcoming ChatGPT arrival to Microsoft's Teams Professional Suite promises that will be able to organize reports, assign tasks, arrange meetings, follow deadlines, and support project implementation from start to finish.
And, of course, everything considered today as elaborate duties... consumer insights, academic essays, audiovisual content, news articles, visual materials, market analysis, philosophical dissertations, innovation concepts, advertising campaigns, scripts, business plans...
Considering we're facing a technology that all industry players are betting on, large corporations are exploring uses, and many professionals are beginning to appropriate, it's only a matter of -short- time for AI to multiply its capacity exponentially.
Benefits… professionals will be able to focus on more complex and creative tasks, leading to greater productivity and efficiency and cost savings for companies from many angles, including staff: According to WEF, AI is expected to displace 85 million jobs worldwide by 2025.
For various futurologists, there's also a concern regarding AI’s impact in a potential job displacement widespread, which could lead to a social and economic upheaval, with more professionals struggling to find positions in an increasingly competitive and unpredictable market.
In any case, AI is here to transform, and ignoring implies to get outdated. This disruption in technology continue preparing and building creative, analytical, factual, aesthetic, and strategic knowledge of all kinds and topics... To -finally- be the best Executive in all work sessions.
And no, this was not written by ChatGPT. Someday will be.