McKinsey top exec: AI is making workers, not companies, more productive
Source: Business Insider ·
McKinsey's North America chair says AI is helping workers get more done, though broad companywide gains remain elusive.
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McKinsey's Eric Kutcher said AI has increased workers' productivity more than that of the organizations they work for.Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Fortune MediaMcKinsey's Eric Kutcher says AI is boosting workers more than organizations as a whole.The firm's North America chair said companies must rethink how they work to achieve broad gains.Software is a bright spot: AI has helped developers generate more code and release features faster.AI is helping workers get more done, though not necessarily delivering broad benefits for the organizations that employ them, according to a top McKinsey & Company executive.Eric Kutcher, a senior partner and chair of McKinsey North America, told reporters at the company's media day on Wednesday that outside specific areas such as software development, many of the hoped-for productivity increases have yet to materialize across companies."You have people that are getting more productive as individuals, but they're just changing some of the work…
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