AI revolutionizing work styles in JapanーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
Creating budget estimates and client proposals in mere minutes. AI has entered a new era in the workplace. It is filling the role of trusted colleague or even executives in the boardroom. This tech company has annual revenue of $22 billion. Last December, it rolled out its proprietary AI system to about 60,000 employees. The goal is to improve efficiency and quality. It’s indispensable for my work. It’s my partner. The AI agent is capable of autonomous judgment and action and helps workers achieve goals. For example, a city hall requests that the company provide digital transformation training. A salesperson feeds in the client’s requirements and the AI agent considers the necessary tasks, makes its own judgments, then creates a proposal. These are the slides the AI created. The 50page document was completed in just a minute and a half. This salesperson says the most timeconsuming tasks are now automated, freeing up time to refine the proposal to better meet client needs. Where we used to rely on help from superiors or colleagues. We now increasingly use AI. AI doesn’t deliver perfect work every time. It completes tasks with 70 to 80% of the required quality, but it does so in an extremely short period of time. One company has even given AI the role of executive officer. This is the conference room where the most important decisions are made. This screen shows the AI executive officer. In July, the beverage manufacturer welcomed an AI member to join its 20 person board. The AI executive was fed 10 years worth of meeting minutes in financial data and information across 12 fields, including legal, marketing, and digital. During meetings, it prompts participants roughly every 30 seconds on points to further explore. During a meeting on a subsidiary’s business strategy, discussions focused on sales, profits, and growth figures. The AI exec urged the group to give more time to environmental considerations. AI has a positive tendency to be oblivious to the atmosphere of the room which enables it to make calm objective observation. The key is how we humans can effectively utilize this to enhance the quality of our management meetings. AI works at incredible speed but still needs to have its output checked. Human workers are collaborating with new highly capable colleagues and that is changing how companies operate.
Creating budget estimates and client proposals in mere minutes, AI has entered a new era in the workplace. It is filling the role of trusted colleague or even executive in the boardroom.
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