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World Economic Forum: Leveraging Generative AI for Job Augmentation and Workforce Productivity

Jeremy WeaverDecember 13, 2024
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The report explores how generative AI can enhance job roles and workforce productivity by outlining future scenarios based on varying levels of trust and technological enhancement. It includes insights from early adopters and provides a framework for organizations to effectively implement and scale GenAI across their operations.

World Economic Forum: Leveraging Generative AI for Job Augmentation and Workforce Productivity



Summary of https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Leveraging_Generative_AI_for_Job_Augmentation_and_Workforce_Productivity_2024.pdf

This World Economic Forum report, co-authored with PwC, examines the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on job augmentation and workforce productivity.

It presents four scenarios illustrating potential future outcomes, based on levels of trust in GenAI and improvements in its capabilities. The report also shares insights from interviews with early GenAI adopters, highlighting their experiences, challenges, and lessons learned.

Finally, it offers a framework for organizations to effectively implement and scale GenAI within their workforces, emphasizing the importance of both technological infrastructure and a supportive organizational culture.