<div id="readability-page-1"><div><div>Former Alphabet Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt told an audience at Miami Beach's Faena Forum that worries about employee push-back on artificial-intelligence roll-outs are overblown because AI will “solve the problems that humans ask for.”What Happened: Schmidt was responding to a Ph.D. researcher who mentioned that 75% of digital-transformation projects stall when workers resist new tools. Schmidt argued that today's high failure rate for corporate tech projects reflects buggy &#34;poor-quality&#34; software and not human resistance.He predicted that the next wave of generative AI systems, trained on hard business goals such as customer satisfaction and profits, will fix that.See also: Warren Buffett Has Discovered There’s No Accounting For Tastes Through Berkshire’s Candy Company: ‘There Are All Kinds Of Crazy Things In The World That Consumers Do’He urged the questioner to test the hypothesis in his dissertation: &#34;Can you imagine a situation where the software works right?&#34; If AI models are tuned to clear, quantifiable objectives, Schmidt said, businesses will finally get tech that does precisely what it promises.McKinsey, BCG and Forbes studies put the share of digital initiatives that miss their goals at roughly 80%. Employee acceptance is the Achilles' heel. One 2024 survey by RiseNow found 75–95% fail because staff won't use the new tools.Why It Matters: Schmidt's Miami remarks expand on his more recent warning at TED 2025 that workers who ignore AI &#34;won't be relevant&#34; and his estimate that agentic AI could lift productivity by 30% a year — a surge he explains &#34;economists have no models for.&#34;He also cautioned that AI will deepen confusion between online and offline realities, echoing comments he made in the same Faena Forum session about blurred perception.As far as predictions go, the former Google boss has a knack for getting his tech predictions for the near future right. Schmidt, in 2016, rightly predicted the playbook for a company like OpenAI to rise to the fore soon. Before that, he’d similarly predicted the rise of service-based apps like Uber.It is worth mentioning that Alphabet has earned a growth score of 88.56% according to Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings. Click here to compare it with other companies.Photo Courtesy: Frederic Legrand – COMEO on Shutterstock.comRead next: JD Vance Said Bitcoin Created Wealth, Peter Schiff Says It Did No Such Thing: ‘What Has Happened Is A Massive Transfer Of …’</div></div></div>

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Former Alphabet Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt stated at the Faena Forum that concerns about employee resistance to AI are exaggerated, asserting that AI will address human-defined problems. He linked the high failure rate of digital projects to poor software quality rather than employee pushback. Schmidt emphasized that generative AI, aligned with clear business goals, could enhance productivity significantly. He warned that ignoring AI could render workers irrelevant and noted the potential for AI to blur online and offline realities. Schmidt's predictions have historically been accurate, including the rise of companies like OpenAI.

- Former Alphabet Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt stated that concerns about employee resistance to AI implementation are exaggerated, asserting that AI will address the problems posed by humans.  
- He highlighted that the high failure rate of digital transformation projects is due to poor-quality software rather than employee push-back, predicting that future AI systems will be aligned with clear business objectives.  
- Schmidt emphasized the importance of employee acceptance for successful tech adoption and warned that ignoring AI could render workers irrelevant, while also noting the potential for AI to significantly boost productivity.

Eric Schmidt Says AI Won't Face Roadblocks Most New Tech Encounter, Ex-Google CEO Explains Why