Last week, Goldman Sachs Research announced that artificial intelligence could boost global GDP by 7% over the next 10 years — but most organizations are still thinking too small-scale about AI. While companies rush to deploy chatbots and automate routine tasks, they’re missing AI’s true transformative potential.

The real revolution isn’t about making existing processes faster or cheaper. It’s about fundamentally reimagining how businesses create value. Recent systematic analyses of AI business models show that successful companies are creating entirely new revenue streams through predictive insight services rather than simply automating existing tasks. Consider how JPMorgan Chase & Co now uses AI to read legal documents in seconds rather than hours, freeing up lawyers’ time for more strategic work.

In education, this transformation is already evident. A comprehensive review of 146 AI studies in higher education reveals institutions are moving beyond basic digitization to predictive systems that identify students at risk of dropping out and adaptive platforms that personalize learning in real-time. Healthcare is also making advancements, with the Mayo Clinic’s AI able to predict early risk patients before traditional methods would detect problems.

The companies that will define the next decade aren’t asking, “What can AI automate?” They’re asking, “What new value can we create when human intelligence combines with artificial intelligence?” This mindset shift — from cost-cutting tool to value-creation catalyst — separates today’s followers from tomorrow’s leaders.