Machines perform 42% of business tasks by 2027

8.0 significance by WEF Future Jobs Jobs December 2027

Why does it matter?

If machines do this much work, companies will need to redesign jobs around human-machine task splits.

Direct quote

Today, respondents have revised down their expectations for future automation to predict that 42% of business tasks will be automated by 2027. Task automation in 2027 is expected to vary from 35% of reasoning and decision-making to 65% of information and data processing.

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