Artificial Intelligence is a Moving Target

We all have those friends or colleagues who are the "go to" person for tough problems, whether it's car repairs or career advice. The difference between the "go to" person and everyone else is experience and a kind of raw talent. In fact, the very best – the experts – leverage those qualities to innovate. In Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, he recites example after example of experts at the top of their field making genius decisions in an instant. Despite constant advances in technology, the idea that a machine could ever achieve that expert level seems unfathomable. Even technologists, who are accustomed to accepting everything new, find themselves doubting the ultimate potential of artificial intelligence (AI).