AI Fluency In The Enterprise: Still A 'Horseless Carriage'
Computerworld, Friday, November 28th, 2025
Panelists at this month's Microsoft Ignite event talked about their efforts to roll out agentic AI at their companies, including what works - and what still needs work.
Companies are tossing AI agents onto existing processes, but a transformative change - where AI is the boss - is still far away.
That was the view of IT leaders at this year's Microsoft Ignite conference who've been putting AI agents to work, mostly with legacy processes. The IT leaders discussed their efforts during a conference panel at the event earlier this month.
'We're probably living in some version of the horseless carriage - we haven't got to the car yet,' said John Whittaker, director of AI platform and products at accounting and consulting firm EY.