Safe Driving in the Self-Driving Enterprise

The explosion of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning has triggered the design and development of all sorts of autonomous systems, including digital marketing & ad campaigns, self-driving cars, drones, self-healing (autonomic) systems, autonomous manufacturing, deep space exploration probes, and more. In all of these systems, safety and risk mitigation are paramount. So, what is an autonomous system? A report on "Autonomous Manufacturing" offers these definitions and features: We apply these concepts to a broader set of autonomous systems, borrowing liberally from the concept of a self-driving car: the self-driving organization, self-driving enterprise, and self-driving city (e.g., Smart Cities). We specifically examine five defining characteristics of the self-driving enterprise, their analytics implications, and their related organizational positioning.