Artificial Intelligence: In the Future of Work & Engagement - Digital First Magazine

Dr. Dean Anthony Gratton is a technology influencer, analyst, and futurist. He has authored several books and many contentious columns dispelling the rumours, gossip and hype surrounding new technology. Dean has worked within the wireless and telecommunications R&D industry as a software engineer and a solution architect. He has developed new products and created architectures for the consumer and industry to include the IoT, Big Data and Industry 4.0 (IIoT); the Smart Home & Cities, and the Smart Metering sectors. His wireless research work has been patented.   We have an uncensored belief in something we have not entirely understood. Human-like Cognition in a Computer This is a sentiment gathered from many years working within an industry always eager to develop the next big thing. A certain excitement and momentum combine into some kind of whirlwind, where often concepts can be typically taken out of context and exaggerated. If I go back to the original conception of AI in 1955 at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, Dr John McCarthy and his team of research engineers, who originally conceived the term ‘artificial intelligence,’ have since been collectively recognised as the founding fathers of AI. Today, artificial intelligence is assistive technology, and it […]