
Eric Hazan, senior associate director at McKinsey & Company in Paris
Inaugural lecture at the start of the 2024 Master in Management programme on the subject of AI, the transformation of the digital revolution into an AI revolution, sovereignty and ethical issues.
“We can’t do without artificial intelligence today, but it can be a bit frightening. 70% of jobs can be theoretically automated by 50%, particularly in Europe and the US. Globally, there will be more interesting and better-paid professions. Individually it requires us to adapt and change our professional practices to focus on value and develop new skills. Companies know this and need to reassess employees.
The question is how to succeed in this transition. This transition cannot be achieved without education and training. To deploy this increase in productivity, we will need to manage the human transition. And we need to deploy this technology in a humanist framework. The first barrier is how the technology is adopted”.