AI: The Technology Penicillin Of The 21st Century

Ginni Rometty, chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), speaks during the IBM Think Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg photo credit: 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP The title of this article comes from one of many memorable (and tweetable) lines I heard from one of the speakers at IBM's THINK 2019 conference in San Francisco. This is one of the major conferences focused on AI, data, and technology that drives business today. I attended sessions that had universal business lessons for the forward-thinking company. Here is a summary of some takeaways. Ginni Rometty, IBM's CEO, came out strong in her "Chairman's Presentation" with another provocative statement: "Data is the basis for the competitive advantage."