Safe Driving in the Self-Driving Enterprise

The explosion of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Machine Intelligence (MI) has triggered the design and development of all sorts of autonomous systems, including digital marketing & ad campaigns, self-driving cars, drones, self-healing (autonomic) systems, autonomous manufacturing, deep space exploration probes, and more. In all of these systems, safety and risk mitigation are paramount. So, what is an autonomous system? A report on "Autonomous Manufacturing" offers these definitions and features: We apply these concepts to a broader set of autonomous systems, borrowing liberally from the concept of a self-driving car: the self-driving organization, self-driving enterprise, and self-driving city (e.g., Smart Cities). We specifically examine five defining characteristics of the self-driving enterprise, their analytics implications, and their related organizational positioning.