Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is the most important thing on the planet right now. The potential of A.I. for both positive and negative disruption is absolutely huge. We need to get ready for humans and machines co-existing in the workplace. The challenge of A.I. presents is how we codify human behaviour into elements that can be performed by machines. Everyone needs to think through what is it that technology can do really well and really cheaply, and get the humans to focus on the stuff that the technology can't do.

The concept and implementation of artificial intelligence is nothing new, but with today's computer hardware at our perusal, AI advancement only continues to develop at a rapid pace. Siri and Cortana are both effective AI bots, able to understand a great number of your queries and spit back an answer immediately. As time goes on, AI is only going to become more prevalent, and more important. That's a thought that Dave Coplin, Microsoft UK's Chief Envisioning Officer, agrees with. At an AI conference held late last week, Coplin made the huge statement that AI is the most important technology anyone is working on today.