Augmentation Versus Automation: AI's Utility in the Workplace

On May 23, 2017, the MIT Sloan School of Management hosted the 14th annual CIO Symposium: "The CIO Adventure: Now, Next and… Beyond." The one-day event brought senior IT executives together to discuss key technologies, including IoT, AI, blockchain, big data, DevOps, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. The main idea was to help prepare these tech leaders for challenges they face, including shepherding ongoing digital transformations, building a digital organization, and managing IT talent. With these concerns top-of-mind for CIOs and IT leaders, MIT Media Lab's Joi Ito moderated the session "Putting AI to Work," which featured Josh Tenenbaum, a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT; Ali Azarbayejani, CTO of Cogito Corporation; Seth Earley, CEO of Earley Information Science; and Ryan Gariepy, CTO and co-founder of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors.