Artificial intelligence: a transition, not an end

Announcements of job cuts related to AI, such as at Accenture, naturally raise concerns. But we must put this news in a broader perspective: each technological revolution is accompanied by a transition phase. Some functions disappear, others transform, and especially new jobs are emerging.

AI as a productivity driver

In the short term, automation can feel like an abrupt replacement. But in the medium and long term, AI acts as a productivity accelerator :

• Repetitive tasks with low added value disappear.
• The free time allows you to focus on creativity, strategy and human relationships.
• Organizations have access to faster and more refined decision-making capacity.

As with electricity or the Internet, the effects will mainly be measured over the long term: innovation, growth and new opportunities.

Data and AI: a field of innovation

A concrete example of this mutation is found in the exploitation of data. Long perceived as a constraint, they are becoming, thanks to AI, a real strategic resource.

• Businesses can now To make reliable and enrich their bases.
• Analysis is no longer limited to the past: it Anticipate and predict trends.
• Employees have access to concrete and actionable insights without being experts in statistics.

Rather than a replacement, the AI acts here as a Co-pilot that complements human skills.

New jobs in perspective

Of course, some posts are disappearing. But many others are being created:

• Les augmented analysts able to communicate directly with their data.
• Les data architects who are designing the foundations of this intelligent operation.
• Les AI governance specialists, guarantors of ethical and responsible use.

In addition, manual, relational and creative jobs are gaining in importance, as they remain difficult to automate.

Seeing far away rather than seeing black

The ongoing transformation may seem brutal, but above all it opens the way to a future where:

• La productivity is strengthened.
• Of new skills appear.
• Jobs gain in meaning and added value.

It's less of an end than a repositioning of work. AI is not an adversary: well used, it becomes a lever for imagining, innovating and creating new opportunities.