Proof Point
More than half of large U.S. companies in PwC survey looks to implement continual learning initiatives and identify new skill sets and roles needed to create AI-ready workforce by 2019
Large U.S. Companies’ Plans to Create AI-Ready Workforce in 2019
2018 (percentage)
| Note: | Data based on PwC 2019 AI Predictions survey of 1,001 AI-savvy executives in United States working in large enterprises |
Proof Point Findings
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Software technologies autonomously performing tasks equal to or better than humans
- Learning Initiatives – 60% of companies surveyed by PwC will implement continual learning to prepare employees for AI integration in 2019
- Plans and Frameworks – 56% aims to develop workforce plan that will help identify new skills and roles needed, while 44% will include AI skills in performance and development frameworks
- Partnership Expansion – 44% also looking to expand company’s AI talent with internships and university partnerships
- No Plans – Fewer than one in ten surveyed claimed to not have any plans to create AI-ready workforce in 2019
- Key Growth Drivers – Include accelerating sophistication of AI-based applications, increasing business adoption of AI technologies to improve processes, and growing demand to leverage customer and business data to become more competitive
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February 25, 2019
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