Home - A.T. Kearney Artificial Intelligence and the Future Promise or Peril

Artificial intelligence is in the news on a daily basis--some estimates suggest millions of knowledge workers will be replaced by AI in the coming decade. Should we celebrate or worry? Artificial intelligence, dreamed about (or feared) for decades, will undoubtedly be one of the defining technologies of our generation. Elements of AI are already working their way into our daily life--self-driving cars, financial robo-advisors, and "personal assistants" that suggest what we should be doing this afternoon. Vast sums have already been invested in AI: more than 1 billion in VC investment since 2010; 1 billion in AI R&D by Toyota alone; and the Open AI initiative, which has pledged 1 billion. It seems the promise of AI is being realized as we speak--while at the same time, some of our leading technologists and policy makers are ringing alarm bells about the uncontrolled development of these new capabilities.