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6 reasons why autonomous enterprises are still more a vision than reality

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True AI autonomy is still only seen in a minority of companies.

Tech professionals need to learn new ways of delivering value.

Agent orchestration is needed, and only 3% have achieved this status.

The buzz about artificial intelligence taking over everything has reached a fever pitch. The latest panic-inducing essay was just published by AI entrepreneur Matt Shumer, who suggested AI will start sweeping away all human work within a matter of months.

Such talk brings about a question: could enterprises really operate without employees? Not likely anytime soon, but we will see more "autonomous" enterprises in which people leverage AI to speed up tasks and innovation, according to a report from tech services specialist Genpact.

Also: AI isn't getting smarter, it's getting more power hungry - and expensive

True AI autonomy only exists in a minority of companies and may remain there for the foreseeable future. Genpact's survey of 500 senior executives found that about one in four firms expect self-managing business processes that run with minimal human oversight could become a reality within three years.

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