Foreword
Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) today. The topic is all over coverage on legacy media and chatter on social media. And, as futurists, AI comes up in many conversations we have with friends and colleagues. The rising prominence of AI is obvious, but real questions remain about how much impact it will truly have in many different aspects of both our work lives and our personal lives. Around the world, people are attempting to separate the signal from the noise in a world of extreme hype around the future of this technology. Some areas of our lives will be profoundly impacted by AI, while others, not as much.
As we look toward the future of AI, perhaps the two most important areas for consideration are the why and the who of AI.
The why revolves around the reasons we should use AI in the first place. Together, those reasons should serve as the guiding principles for all AI research and deployment in the future. Why are we investing in it? Is it merely the next step in the evolution of technology, or can it do things far better than other current technologies? At the enterprise level, how can it make our work and businesses more productive?
And at the human level, what are the many ways that AI could impact our lives? Will it do so for the better? Will we even be aware of AI as it's being incorporated into our day-to-day experiences? Will we be able to trust it?
Today, most innovators and business leaders are determining how to strategically pursue ...
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