Is Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Really AI?

Summary: Based on a McKinsey study we reported that 47% of companies had at least one AI/ML implementation in place. Looking back at the data and the dominance of RPA as the most widely reported instance makes us think that the number is probably significantly lower. We've been trying to get a handle on who has actually adopted AI/ML and to what extent. So we've been combing through these great new data sources from the good folks at McKinsey in their AI Adoption Survey, and Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute 2018 AI Index which we used in our previous reporting. But one thing kept bothering me.