On-demand labour platforms and online work-management solutions are surging globally and leading companies are dissolving traditional hierarchies and replacing them with online talent marketplaces, a new report said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the report titled “Technology for People” by global professional services company Accenture, the trend is driving the most profound economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n
Eighty-five percent of executives surveyed said they plan to increase their organisation’s use of independent freelance workers over the next year.<\/p>\n
“The pace of technology change is breathtaking, bringing about the biggest advancements since the dawn of the Information Age,” said Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Accenture, in a statement.<\/p>\n
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new user interface, tackling both big and small problems by making interactions simple and smart and underpinning the way we transact and interact with systems.<\/p>\n
Seventy-nine per cent of survey respondents agreed that AI will revolutionise the way they gain information from and interact with customers.<\/p>\n
With advances in AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and big data analytics, humans can now design technology that’s capable of learning to think more like people.<\/p>\n
“This human-centred technology approach pays off for businesses as leading companies will transform relationships from provider to partner – simultaneously transforming internally,” the report said.\u2014IANS<\/p>\n
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