RGP Study: 66% of Professionals Expect AI to Perform Most of Their Current Tasks Within Five Years, Yet Just 3% Feel Replaceable

Jennifer Jones, Chief Strategy & Experience Officer at RGP

“Much of the conversation about AI and jobs assumes that if technology can perform someone’s tasks, it can replace that person. But the AI jobs debate is missing what workers themselves are telling us. The people already using AI expect it to take on most of the work they do today, yet almost none believe that makes them replaceable. They’re making a bet that as AI takes on more tasks, their value will move toward judgment, experience and creativity. The question now is whether employers are redesigning work fast enough to make that bet pay off.”

Jessica Block, Chief AI Officer at RGP

“AI adoption alone isn’t the finish line. Leaders need to think about what happens after AI creates capacity, how people continue to develop judgment and whether employees have enough agency and visibility into how AI is changing their work. Those decisions will determine whether AI ultimately expands human value or simply changes the volume and pace of work.”