The AI Revolution Won’t Happen Overnight

AI will transform industries. However, this transformation will happen on enterprise time: longer, slower, and with far more friction than most expect, and much slower than Silicon Valley is selling. Right now, companies are getting six fundamental things wrong about how AI will create value and how long it will take—and risk wasting resources, overpromising results, and eroding trust. 1) AI’s real impact will take much longer than we think. 2) We’re being wildly optimistic about enterprise AI adoption. 3) The market is overestimating the value of AI companies. 4) The real money isn’t in the models. 5) We’re over indexing on startups. 6) We’re obsessed with generative AI but it’s not the future. Enterprise leaders need to be asking fewer questions about what AI might do—and more about what it’s actually doing in your business.

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