AI is unmistakably making positive productivity inroads, with "87% of daily users reporting improved speed, quality, accuracy, and creativity because of AI." Equally important, 93 percent of daily users feel "there are ways AI could help them at work that they are not currently using." More specifically, this data shows that 66 percent of users feel AI helps them with speed, 49 percent say it improves quality, 48 percent cite better accuracy, and 46 percent say it aids creativity.
In an episode of "The Diary of the CEO" podcast released on Thursday, the Bridgewater Associates founder called AI a "truly fantastic" tool to leverage, but one that will drive inequality. "There'll be a limited number of winners and a bunch of losers," he said. "It's going to create much greater polarity, which we're seeing through the system." It will lead to "the top one to 10% benefitting a lot. So that will be the dividing force," the billionaire added.
AI is dominating the economy and at the top of policy agendas. Ads for it are everywhere. Your favorite artist is probably experimenting with it. And as hundreds of billions of dollars get poured into the tech, it can feel like the whole world is holding its breath for when it somehow becomes superintelligent and magically ushers us into a utopic age.
Altman expressed optimism for Generation Z, stating, 'I would feel like the luckiest kid in all of history,' despite acknowledging potential job displacement from AI.
The unemployment rate for young people between 20 to 30 years old in the tech sector has increased by about 3% since the beginning of the year, according to Joseph Briggs, senior global economist of Goldman Sachs' research division.