People are enthusiastically embracing the new technology to perform tasks previously beyond their reach, and ‘future-proof’ their jobs.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

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The spreading use of artificial intelligence in business has generated much debate about its potential to replace many duties now done by humans—and also fears about the tech eliminating those jobs. But new data indicates that rather than spending time worrying about that risk, a majority of employees have been actively embracing AI, and using it to become increasingly valuable to their companies.

That proactive approach to AI, and its positive benefits were a main finding in the recently released Global Workforce of the Future annual report by staffing and tech advisory company Adecco Group. Its survey of 35,700 global employees—5,500 of whom were in the U.S.—showed 77 percent of respondents reporting use of the tech permitted them to perform tasks that had previously been beyond their reach. Another 71 percent of participants said nothing is holding back increased use of

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