Beyond Moonshots, AI Agents Come Down to Earth in 2025
Forbes – November 22, 2024
Barry Libert, Contributor
As artificial intelligence (AI) matures, it’s moving beyond high-level experimentation and into hands-on roles within organizations. AI agents—automated tools that take on specific tasks—are poised to become essential, not for flashy purposes, but for performing practical work that drives efficiency across industries.
A new report from the Wharton School of Business of more than 800 senior business leaders found that weekly usage of Gen AI nearly doubled in the last year from 37% in 2023 to 72% in 2024. With the rise of AI agents that grant near superhuman levels of productivity, 2025 will be the year AI shifts from a novelty to a necessity by automating routine yet essential tasks.
