73% of them report a positive impact on employee performance.
But 50% of French organizations don’t plan on implementing A.I. in the future.
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a recent technology, and there still doesn’t seem to be a consensus on its efficacy or appropriate utilization in the workplace. With such a dizzying landscape of updates, concerns, and opinions, how are employers handling A.I.’s implementation (or lack thereof)?
A recent study conducted by Pôle emploi, a French government agency that matches employers to employees, might provide some insight.
Over 30% of French companies reported already using artificial intelligence in their workplace. A strikingly large proportion, as ChatGPT was released just seven months ago.
But another 50% of French employers stated they don’t use the technology and don’t plan on starting to in the future.
What’s more, 73% of those organizations already using A.I. report it had a positive effect on employee performance, and 74% believe it benefited the development of employees’ skills.
With such an obviously wide range of uses for ChatGPT and A.I. in general, especially in the HR world, this begs the question:
Why are some companies not using AI?
Most clearly, the problem is compatibility; of respondents who are yet to utilize A.I., 78% attribute this to an incompatibility of their work with artificial intelligence tools. But that’s far from the end of the story.
>Another important factor in a workplace’s A.I. implementation seems to be the size of the organization.
Of respondent companies with over 100 employees, 34% have already implemented A.I. tools into their work.That number jumps to 45% in companies with over 200 employees.
Fear is also a massive factor in any discussion surrounding artificial intelligence. People are scared this new technology will take their jobs, be ineffective, disrupt their organizational synergy, and more.
One in six French employers who don’t use A.I. stated they were afraid of the technology. That’s nearly 15%.
Two thirds of French companies who have implemented A.I. reported training their own employees to use the tech, while 20% outwardly hired already-trained A.I. practitioners.
It’s clear that to mitigate fear and ensure proper use of artificial intelligence, employee training is needed.
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