AI And Quantum Computing Success Requires Well Managed Synergy

At the 2020 virtual Web Summit I had occasion to meet virtually with Francois Candelon, Global Director at the BCG Henderson Institute about a recent study they did with the MIT Sloan Management Review on the value that companies are getting from their artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. I also spoke with Alan Baratz, President and CEO of D-Wave, about the practical uses of quantum computers. They had an interesting lesson to teach on how data should be handled and the best way to make AI and advanced processing technologies work best. The lesson in short, is that these technologies work best when they are used to augment humans, changing the way they work. The BCG Henderson Institute and MIT Sloan Management Review study was conducted with more than 3,000 executives worldwide and revealed that more than half of respondents are deploying AI and six out of ten have an AI strategy in 2020, up from four out of ten in 2018.