10,000 AI startups need to learn these lessons

Artificial intelligence is having its breakout moment. Once confined to the realm of science fiction, it seems bright-eyed entrepreneurs everywhere are now getting into AI. As renowned author, editor, and futurist Kevin Kelly puts it, "The business plans of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI." But while disruptive opportunities abound for AI, there's also no shortage of challenges to overcome. Anyone who has tried their hand at training a fledgling AI will tell you, there's one hurdle that eclipses them all: removing a human from the loop. It's no secret that scaling AI typically involves human agents operating as a safety net, working in the background and ready to take the controls when a bot gets stuck.