AI Rushes Forward Driven by a Sense of Urgency - InformationWeek

A recent survey showed that Americans are evenly split on how they view artificial intelligence (AI). According to Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, 50% of American consumers feel "optimistic and informed" about AI while the other half feel "fearful and uninformed." Regardless of whether the results are statistically meaningful -- "no estimates of sampling error can be calculated" as the respondents were entirely random -- the results are plausible. After all, AI is variously described as more profound than electricity and fire or tantamount to summoning the demon. Fearful or not, ready or not, we are hurtling ahead towards realizing the benefits or curse of AI.