1 in 4 CEOs planning to replace workers with AI this year, according to recent poll

Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM

(KTLA) – For years, scholars and science fiction writers have warned about the possibility of workers being replaced by machines. Now after the world of artificial intelligence took a giant leap forward in 2023, it appears we are one step closer to that becoming a reality.

Executives of some of the largest and most powerful companies in the world are not being shy about their excitement over AI and their plans to utilize the new technology to save on their bottom line.

In a recent poll conducted by PwC, a multinational professional services and consulting firm, CEOs were asked about AI as they attended the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The firm asked specifically about generative AI, which, as the name implies, generates new content like text, images or audio, based on prompts provided by the user.

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Travis Schlepp, KTLA, found at ozarksfirst.com)

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