Embedding the human factor into AI agent adoption
Training is usually a time-limited, structured educational initiative to help people build technical competence and learn how a system works. Adoption, on the other hand, is a continuous, long-term process by which employees use technology to change how they work in order to deliver more value.Nowhere is this distinction more vital than in the emerging world of agentic AI. To date, many organizations have been experimenting with the technology to automate discrete tasks, particularly in areas such as software engineering, customer support, and operations.Over the next two years though, Gartner expects deployment to jump from the current 17 percent of businesses to more like 60 percent.
- ▪Training is usually a time-limited, structured educational initiative to help people build technical competence and learn how a system works.
- ▪Adoption, on the other hand, is a continuous, long-term process by which employees use technology to change how they work in order to deliver more value.Nowhere is this distinction more vital than in the emerging world of agentic AI.
- ▪To date, many organizations have been experimenting with the technology to automate discrete tasks, particularly in areas such as software engineering, customer support, and operations.Over the next two years though, Gartner expects deploym
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