Human + Machine, Updated and Expanded

CONCLUSION

Creating Your Future in the Human + Machine Era

Among the major waves of technology that have washed over business and society in the past half century, generative AI stands to be one of the most consequential. Representing a dramatic escalation of the human-machine symbiosis we identified in the first edition of this book, generative AI has proliferated at an astonishing pace, going from the public release of ChatGPT in late 2022 to real-world applications in a matter of months. The added value it will create—by our estimate, more than $10 trillion by 2038—is staggering. With 40 percent of all US working hours across industries having the potential to be affected by LLMs, the impact will be felt by virtually every person in every ...