Artificial Intelligence – A human revolution

There is not one but many definitions of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its scope remains fluid and evolving. Some people even state that AI is everything that has not yet been done, referring to the observation that as the tools we use daily become increasingly sophisticated, tasks previously considered as requiring'intelligence' are now considered routine and get excluded from the AI definition. Think for example of a good spam filter, spell check or optical character recognition, all of which used to be considered revolutionary, but today don't impress people anymore. 'A constellation of technologies that extend human capabilities by sensing, comprehending, acting and learning – allowing people to do much more.' In other words, we put the focus on the ability of AI to complement and empower people instead of replace them. Therein lies the key: If you only look at AI from the perspective of a technology that'can do it all', it will fail and create problems within organizations and society.