How To Cut Through The AI Nonsense And Find The Gold

Sony showed off its AI-enabled Aibo robotic dogs on Nov. 1, 2017. There's been so much hype in recent months around opportunities in artificial intelligence that it's starting to feel a bit like a second gold rush. Just like in 1849, in 2017 there are a lot of people who want to get in on the AI action. And like the prospectors who came before them, they'll be forced to sift through a lot of gravel to find gold. You might be forgiven for dismissing the current rush to build companies around AI as another tech fad.