This chapter covers the third and final category of the AIPB Assessment Component: the many key considerations that you need to take into account, and plan for, when developing an AI strategy. Readiness, maturity, and key consideration assessments should be completed as part of the assess methodology phase to create your assessment strategy. Figure 13-1 shows specific key considerations that we cover in this chapter.
Figure 13-1. AI key considerations
Other critical considerations, not noted in Figure 13-1, are ethics and human values. You should never lose sight of these two things. AI-based solutions should be ethically designed and built to benefit people. With that as our foundational key consideration, let’s discuss the other key AI considerations.
AI Hype versus Reality
Many people are under the impression that AI is very close to, or has already achieved, AGI. This is partly due to some of what we see in science-fiction TV shows, movies, and comic books. The Terminator movie franchise is a classic example, and other good examples include Ex Machina, Westworld, and C-3PO from Star Wars.
These incorrect impressions are also largely due to product marketing, over-promising, and the tendency of many people and companies to call just about anything AI—what I collectively refer to as AI hype. You see this a lot with software products, particularly ...
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