The Ledger
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Fraden: Fortune 500 will employ more people in 30 years than today
“At a very high level, I just don't believe the Fortune 500 will employ fewer people in 30 years than they do today, because the ones that try and cut all the people will no longer be in the Fortune 500.”
Fraden: Enterprises routinely allow unmonitored AI tools access to corporate data
“From an IT standpoint, you normally don't allow software to just be used across your organization with access to your organization's data and have no idea what's happening. We're letting that happen in AI all the time.”
Fradin: Enterprise AI tool adoption is lower than commonly believed
“The usage on these tools in the enterprise is less than People would think today”
Fraden: CFOs do not want to use AI to slash headcount
“Turns out companies don't really like firing people. Companies do fire people if they have to, but I've actually never met a CFO that got excited about firing 30% of the workforce.”
Fraden: 70% of enterprise IT leaders believe they are wasting AI budget
“And one of the things we found is something like 70% of leaders we talked to said, We are sure we are wasting money here.”
Fraden: Enterprise AI adoption requires dedicated measurement and governance infrastructure
“And I really do think we'll see the same thing in AI now.”
Fraden: Enterprise employees won't see work hours halved over next two years
“So I'm not sure I really buy in the next couple of years, you will see people in large companies actually just working half as much”
Fraden: Enterprise AI spending has reached $700 billion and is growing
“There's like, seven hundred billion dollars being spent in enterprise AI. It's growing very, very quickly. It's gonna keep growing quickly.”
Fraden: 80% of enterprise IT leaders see 18-month window for AI leadership
“80, 85% of the companies we talked to said they really believe they only have the next 18 months to either become a leader or fall behind.”
Fraden: AI will break traditional enterprise output metrics for employees
“And AI is going to break all of that for sure.”