Is AI here to stay? Yes, most likely. Will it affect the way we work and what we do for work? Yes. But we’re not there yet.
I was intrigued by this LinkedIn post from Isabelle Papoulias on the impact vs.adoption of AI. She writes:
White-collar roles are adopting AI tools the most, but that’s not translating into financial impact, let alone profit.
That’s because seemingly we are not reallocating saved time to higher-value tasks.
For all the noise we make about AI and the fact that many of us use various tools daily, in ever more sophisticated ways, we’re still in the adoption phase. There’s a chasm between AI productivity and actual business outcomes.
Below is her full post. You can scroll down within the window.
But you, like me, might have an inaccurate perception of the current actual usage of AI. I hear my colleagues and clients talk about how they use ChatGPT every day for all sorts of tasks.
As it turns out, they are in the minority.
This is based on a Gallup poll conducted from June 2-15, 2025. Gallup asked, “How often, if ever, do you use the following AI-powered technologies to assist in your daily life and work. Generative AI tools like Chat GPT, Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini that can answer complex questions and perform complex writing and design tasks?” The responses will surprise you. Only 13% said they used it daily, and only 18% said they used it at least weekly. I highly recommend checking out the graphs of the data here.
And many people will need to be convinced that AI is worth their time. In “AI: Major Threat or Just the Next Tech Thing?” on Gallup.com, the author, Lydia Saad, writes, “And perhaps reflecting AI’s potential to diminish human contributions, 64% plan to resist using it in their own lives for as long as possible rather than quickly embracing it (35%).”
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