Accenture CTO says 'there will be some consolidation' of jobs but 'the biggest worry is of the jobs for people who won't be using generative AI' | Fortune

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Abstraction: Accenture CTO warns AI non-adopters face greater job risk than adopters

Key points:

Paul Daugherty (Accenture CTO) argues businesses must invest more in developing their existing workforce for AI than in the technology itself
"There is no AI-ready workforce you can hire" — companies must train current employees, not wait to recruit pre-trained talent
AI will cause some job "consolidation" (fewer people for same tasks) but the bigger risk is workers who never adopt generative AI
Effective AI use requires good prompt engineering and keeping humans in the loop to add judgment that models lack
Critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving flagged at Fortune Brainstorm AI 2023 as key skills in the AI age

Connections: Accenture · Paul Daugherty · Generative AI · AI Workforce Impact · Prompt Engineering