No enterprise wants to be a dinosaur when it comes to innovation, and today, AI is on the cutting edge. With an estimated 80 percent of enterprises already using AI in some form, the transition to AI seems as widespread as the transition from typewriters to PCs. Despite the hype, enterprises'sense' the challenge: in a recent study, 91 percent of companies foresee significant barriers to AI adoption, including a lack of IT infrastructure, and shortage of AI experts to guide the transition. Still, few organizations truly understand what lies ahead of them, and what it really takes to transition out of the AI Jurassic era. Let's look more closely at the underlying realities of AI adoption that your internal AI group or consultant will never tell you. To paint a picture, let's consider a hypothetical company, Global Heavy Industry Corporation (GHIC).