The AI Revolution Is Here -- Are Business Leaders Ready?

In a 2015 Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA), the late Stephen Hawking warned of the extraordinary power of artificial intelligence (AI). "The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence," he wrote. "A superintelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren't aligned with ours, we're in trouble." Since then, AI's presence and capabilities have expanded significantly -- and will continue to do so at exponential rates. As Hawking urged, humans must pursue AI with purpose and forethought.