An Executive's Guide to AI and Machine Learning – 1plusX – Medium

There have been a number of companies with significant budget and resources, who have attempted artificial intelligence and machine learning projects, only to have them fail to deliver a return on investment. Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann has a unique background in artificial intelligence that spans from academia (ETH) to multinational companies (former director at Google) to startups (CTO of 1plusX, co-founder Recommind). He shares his thoughts on what traits companies have that enable them to get a return on investment for their AI initiatives. AI technologies have shown to be widely applicable across many domains and industries. However, this does not mean that they will always work out-of-the-box.