Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics--companies everywhere appear to be fighting for workers in the STEM fields to get a head start in building artificial intelligence capability. But as companies continue to push into uncharted, albeit promising, territories around A.I., they're also looking for hires in so-called softer fields to help A.I. mature ethically and free of the unwanted biases that come with their human makers. Speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. on Tuesday, Fortune 500 and Global 500 executives said they also seek psychologists, philosophers, and interpreters. Executives from IBM, Guardian Life Insurance, and RBC said soft skills are very much in demand as they confront the unintended consequences of nascent technology. "We decided to build a whole division around responsible A.I.," said Ana Paula Assis, president of IBM's Latin America unit.

The one-two punch of data and artificial intelligence are in the midst of transforming the world as we know it. But how do we make sure that the new world that emerges in their wake is one we'll want to live in? A big part of the equation is ensuring that consumers' data is handled properly. Speaking on a panel at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. on Monday, Clara Shih, CEO and co-founder of Hearsay Systems, offered a straight-forward, four-point system for doing just that: Let people know what information will be used and how. Be clear about when people can opt in or out of having their personal data collected.

Toby Cosgrove has glimpsed into the future of medicine, and it is decidedly digital. The physician-businessman, who served as president and CEO of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic for more than a decade before transitioning out of the role at the start of 2018, tells Fortune that artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality technology like Microsoft's HoloLens, and similar advances are critical for keeping pace with the evolution of medicine. "When the Cleveland Clinic was formed almost 100 years ago, the total amount of knowledge in health care doubled every 150 years," Cosgrove told me in March during Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif. There are now 800,000 journal articles written every year. Every human genome has 3 billion data points in it.

But investigators also noted the autopilot system isn't designed to reliably prevent crashes. A Tesla that the driver said was in Autopilot mode struck a parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, Calif. LOS ANGELES -- The latest crash involving a Tesla in Autopilot mode didn't turn tragic, as some past ones have, but certainly was embarrassing. A Tesla Model S veered into a parked police cruiser Tuesday, severely damaging both vehicles in Laguna Beach, Calif., a coastal community south of Los Angeles. The driver, a 65-year-old from Laguna Niguel, Calif., told officers that he had engaged the car's partial self-driving system, called Autopilot.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--For decades, innovators have been holding a candle for the potential of Big Data to one day revolutionize health care. Entrepreneurs have developed ways for people to track their own biological metrics, and for companies to use advances like artificial intelligence to provide more targeted care. Are we finally at the point where data can lead to tangible changes in health care? Or is still an unfulfilled promise? Medical experts at Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Health conference discussed the promise and continued challenges of mining health data for insights.

While transportation, hospitality, and financial services are all industries being disrupted by technology, the next big area poised for massive, tech-driven change may be the human workforce. "We are going to move from people to things," explained Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup's Latin America business, speaking Monday at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. "We are expecting 500 billion objects to become connected to the internet and this automation is going to hollow out middle and working class jobs," explained Fraser. "Technology is replacing these jobs." The technology Fraser is referring to is artificial intelligence--the machine learning that powers driverless cars and other intelligent machines that are slowly taking over human tasks.

While transportation, hospitality, and financial services are all industries being disrupted by technology, the next big area poised for massive, tech-driven change may be the human workforce. "We are going to move from people to things," explained Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup's Latin America business, speaking Monday at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. "We are expecting 500 billion objects to become connected to the internet and this automation is going to hollow out middle and working class jobs," explained Fraser. "Technology is replacing these jobs." The technology Fraser is referring to is artificial intelligence--the machine learning that powers driverless cars and other intelligent machines that are slowly taking over human tasks.