Generative AI + Agents
From assistance to orchestration: knowledge, software, workflow execution and autonomous digital work.
Leaders who focus only on ChatGPT miss the much larger story: AI is converging with robotics, sensing, simulation, autonomous systems and science.
From assistance to orchestration: knowledge, software, workflow execution and autonomous digital work.
Real-time inspection, diagnostics, fraud detection, quality, safety and computer-enabled perception.
Intelligent machines move AI into factories, farms, warehouses, hospitals and the physical world.
Design, simulation, spatial computing, maintenance and a software-defined view of physical assets.
Accelerated genomics, drug discovery, materials science, plant science and computational research.
AI-enabled mobility, delivery, logistics, infrastructure and next-generation machine decision-making.

The winners will not simply adopt the same tools. They will redesign products, operations, roles and business models around the unique economics of their sector.
The important questions are strategic: which assumptions expire, what capabilities become possible, how quickly skills change, where competitive advantage migrates and what should be redesigned now?
Jim Carroll is a futurist, author and keynote speaker who has delivered more than 2,000 keynotes to over 2 million people worldwide. His AI work combines more than a decade of AI research with deep industry foresight — translating fast-moving technology into what it means for the business, workforce and leadership decisions in the room.