AI systems can presumably be given at least as much access to company data as human employees at that company. So if rapidly scaling up the number and quality of human workers at a given company would be transformative, AI agents with >=human-level intelligence can also be transformative.
Some organizations (e.g. financially regulated ones such as banks) are careful in granting access on a per project basis. Part of this involves keeping a chain of signs offs to ensure someone can be held accountable (in theory). This probably means someone would have to be comfortable signing off for an AI agent before giving it permission. For better or worse, companies have notions of the damage that one person can do, but they would be wise to think differently about automated intelligent systems.
AI systems can presumably be given at least as much access to company data as human employees at that company. So if rapidly scaling up the number and quality of human workers at a given company would be transformative, AI agents with >=human-level intelligence can also be transformative.
Some organizations (e.g. financially regulated ones such as banks) are careful in granting access on a per project basis. Part of this involves keeping a chain of signs offs to ensure someone can be held accountable (in theory). This probably means someone would have to be comfortable signing off for an AI agent before giving it permission. For better or worse, companies have notions of the damage that one person can do, but they would be wise to think differently about automated intelligent systems.