Recently I met with Rene Buest, director of Technology Research at Arago, during Cloud Expo in Frankfurt. Based on his experience, I wanted to find out if artificial intelligence (AI) is eating the data infrastructure. In the last few months, I've read a few articles about the impact of AI on the software world, with provocative titles like AI Is Eating Software. As an employee of an infrastructure and data management company, I wanted to understand what AI means for data infrastructure and what kind of impact this exciting technology will have on the future of IT. I asked Rene four questions to get his take on the subject.

In today's world where companies are actively looking to use artificial intelligence to replace human intelligence (jobs) more and more, ensuring you stay as sharp as possible is more critical than it's ever been. The new requirements for staying competitive are accelerated learning, deep creativity, invention and entrepreneurship and most importantly, a belief (algorithm) in one's self to think they're capable of more advanced work. Yes, if you're a cashier at Walmart now, you're capable of re-invention if you put your mind to it and believe you can grow. It's understanding the biology of how belief works that's the hard part. "The future is to heal back to the mind again. Recognizing that the mind is all powerful -- it controls every cell to every degree of its genetic expression."