Tom Davenport: Getting started on enterprise AI

Tom Davenport: It's common to say that AI handles tasks that were previously only addressable by humans. But I think to exclude more traditional forms of automation, you also have to define it as performing tasks requiring a high level of expertise, insight or perception. Davenport: I found that while many companies are still doing a good bit of work in analytics and big data, they are less interested in hearing or reading about those topics. And to me, AI and cognitive technologies are a straightforward extension of analytics in most cases. Most of the models are statistical in nature, and analytical people are logical candidates to push AI forward in organizations.