AI and big data go perfectly together -- sometimes

In January, my colleagues at Dun & Bradstreet issued the results of a recent survey, which found that 40% of polled organizations are adding more jobs as a result of deploying AI. This finding appears to counter fears that AI adoption will reduce the availability of human jobs, with only eight of the 100 survey respondents saying that their organizations are cutting jobs due to AI. The Dun & Bradstreet team polled attendees at the AI World Conference & Expo in Boston last December to glean these findings, which raise a larger question as to how companies are adapting to emerging technologies, such as AI and big data -- especially as we're in the midst of an unprecedented era of digital disruption that is only increasing in intensity. Companies are using new technology to disrupt in new ways. And, as leaders in organizations face the realities of digital disruption, the cost of adopting even a fast-follower strategy on AI is simply untenable.