Teskey: AI robotics adoption will happen slower but impact more than expected
Connor Teskey · Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management · Mar 17, 2026 · at 59:40
Connor Teskey, CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, outlines where he anticipates artificial intelligence will have its largest macro impact.
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“The role that robotics can play in so many production functions and industrial functions around the world. Now that that robotics can be reinforced by computers that can think and run a million simulations in real time, like everything what's, what's the term? It will happen slower than people expect, but have a bigger impact than people expect. We very much see that dynamic playing out in the use of robotics.”
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