A new report from McKinsey Global Institute tackles one of the most pressing fears of the modern economy: the sweeping job displacement threatened by artificial intelligence. While McKinsey’s research indicates that current technologies could, in theory, automate about 57% of U.S. work hours, the consulting firm concludes that this high figure measures technical potential in tasks, not the inevitable loss of jobs.

Instead of mass replacement, the research by Lareina Yee, Anu Madgavkar, Sven Smit, Alexis Krivkovich, Michael Chui, Maria Jesus Ramirez and Diego Castresana argues that the future of work will be defined by a partnership between people, agents, and robots—all powered by AI. Their report, “Agents, robots, and us: Skill partnerships in the age of AI,” emphasizes that capturing AI

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