AI and the Future of Enterprise Productivity

• We’re witnessing a fundamental transformation in how businesses operate and productivity is achieved.
• Advances in narrow but powerful forms of artificial intelligence (AI) are being driven by a cluster of factors.
• Applications for enterprise AI aren’t waiting for the emergence of a general AI. They’re being rapidly deployed in task-specific domains. From robotic process automation (RPA) to demand forecasting, from real-world robotics to AI-driven drug development, AI is boosting enterprise productivity in significant ways.

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Critical Insight

Algorithms are becoming more advanced, data is now richer and easier to collect, and hardware is cheaper and more powerful. All of this is true and contributes to the excitement around enterprise AI applications, but the biggest difference today is that enterprises are redesigning their processes around AI, rather than simply adding AI to their existing processes.

Impact and Result

This report outlines six emerging ways AI is being used in the enterprise, with four future scenarios outlining their possible trajectories. These are designed to guide strategic decision making and facilitate future-focused ideation.