Council Post: 16 Things Pop Culture Gets Wrong About Artificial Intelligence

Tech experts are sold on the benefits of leveraging artificial intelligence to help humans handle cumbersome and sometimes complex tasks in applications ranging from business to healthcare to education and entertainment--and beyond. And while they're optimistic about the future capabilities of artificial intelligence, their projections pale in comparison to the sentient robots and super technologies often depicted on TV and movie screens and predicted in science fiction. In truth, AI is a far more practical tool than a glamorous one--and whether we know it or not, most of us use it or are impacted by it every day. Conversely, there are also many things AI is credited with that it can't do (at least, not yet). Below, 16 members of Forbes Technology Council discuss some of the things popular culture and the public at large often get wrong about AI and what the truth of the matter actually is.