Artificial Intelligence Gets Real

For many people, the phrase "artificial intelligence" conjures up images of human-like robots and self-driving vehicles. For Kerrie Holley, AI has a much more human meaning. Holley had a long career, first as a distinguished engineer and later IBM fellow, before joining Eden Prairie-based Optum, a UnitedHealth Group unit that provides information and technology-based health services. At Optum, he's focused on developing technologies that make the health system work better and people's lives healthier. AI is one of those technologies.