Are We There Yet? The Road To Enterprise AI Adoption

When it comes to the long-promised mass adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), many have been left wondering what exactly is holding up progress. On one hand, AI is expected to have a $13 trillion impact on the global economy by the end of the next decade. On the other, 77.1% of companies report that business adoption of AI initiatives remains a major challenge. Part of the problem is thought leaders, the media and even the public are talking about AI fervently, not pragmatically. As futurist Martin Ford writes in the introduction to his new book on the subject, Architects of Intelligence, "The result has been a sometimes incomprehensible mixture of careful, evidence-based analysis, together with hype, speculation and what might be characterized as outright fear-mongering."