While AlphaGo Zero's Go capabilities are to be praised, it should be noted that playing a board game is much different than completing other tasks that have more variables. As Eleni Vasilaki, professor of computational neuroscience at Sheffield University, put it while speaking with The Guardian, "AI fails in tasks that are surprisingly easy for humans. Just look at the performance of a humanoid robot in everyday tasks such as walking, running, and kicking a ball." When it comes to matching humans at more complex tasks, AI still has a long way to go -- even AI like Siri and the Google Assistant have yet to surpass a fifth grader's level of knowledge. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is also well aware of this gap between humans and AI, explaining how the development and growth of AlphaGo was more important than just mastering an ancient game, it was also "a big step for us towards building these general-purpose algorithms."

As emerging technologies go, Artificial Intelligence has certainly taken its time in making its presence felt on the world. Surprising as it may be (to some), the term AI has existed for almost 70 years, having first been uttered back in 1956 (the same year IBM invented the first hard drive) by computer scientist John McCarthy - AKA the'father of AI'. Since then, AI has experienced a largely stop-start existence due to, in part, sporadic funding and below-par technology. In truth, the term AI has (arguably) gained more notoriety for storylines of killer robots (and the occasional Wall-e) hell-bent on destroying mankind than for its practical use and business benefits. "We are at the cusp of a new revolution, one that will ultimately transform every organisation, every industry and every public service across the world" Thanks to breakthroughs in computing power, the advent and availability of big data, cloud hosting/storage, highly sophisticated software, complex algorithms and a big dollop of imagination, the potential of AI is now starting to be fulfilled – with the business world being the biggest benefactors. As the late great Professor Stephen Hawkins said on AI: "The genie is out of the bottle. AI, could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation." The market has reacted at pace.

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Siri doesn't appear to think highly of Donald Trump. At least the virtual assistant didn't on Thanksgiving, when asking about the president showed an image of a penis instead. The error seems to be the result of someone editing Mr Trump's Wikipedia page and inserting the image. That meant it pulled through when Siri accessed the article to show more information – showing the explicit picture to the vast number of people who use the voice assistant on their iPhones. Uber has halted testing of driverless vehicles after a woman was killed by one of their cars in Tempe, Arizona.

Modern business environment is dominated by artificial intelligence (AI). Technological advancements that range from self-driving cars and Siri personal assistants, to chatbots and email scheduling, automations are fast become integral part of small and long-established businesses. Companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and thousands of start-ups are already using artificial intelligence to scale their businesses. No doubt, artificial intelligence has great potentials for improving business productivity. However, as artificial intelligence evolves, so are the myths and misconceptions around the innovation growing.

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