With advances in artificial-intelligence technology occurring more rapidly than ever, the potential for AI to assist us in nearly everything we do at work and at home has become very real. However, some fear that along with AI's tremendous upside of delivering efficiencies humans could not possibly realize on their own comes a dark side--the possibility that super-intelligent AI machines could develop complete autonomy and act against human interests. Earlier this year at the AI Frontiers conference in Santa Clara, California, we sat down with AI experts from some of the world's leading technology-first organizations to find out if fears about AI overtaking humankind have any founding. An edited version of their remarks follows. Adam Coates, director, Baidu Research Silicon Valley AI Lab: I do think sometimes we get carried away and start to think about sentient machines--machines that are just going to understand everything the way that we do and totally interact with us like a human.

Researchers agree that unleashing deep-learning models on the vast amounts of data available today has progressed artificial-intelligence capabilities to once unattainable levels. However, deep learning isn't the ideal technique for every application in which AI could provide significant performance gains over what humans could achieve alone. Earlier this year at the AI Frontiers conference in Santa Clara, California, we sat down with AI experts from some of the world's leading technology-first organizations to learn about other techniques researchers are exploring to expand the applications of AI. An edited version of their remarks follows. Mohak Shah, lead expert, data science, Bosch Research and Technology Center, North America: In terms of technology, I think acceleration is going to come when we put all the pieces together.

With the enormous impact of artificial intelligence on business becoming increasingly clear and imminent, executives face critical (and quick) decisions on their AI strategy. The impact of these decisions will have far-reaching, long-term implications on the profitability and continued viability of organizations around the world. Earlier this year at the AI Frontiers conference in Santa Clara, California, we sat down with AI experts from some of the world's leading technology-first organizations to learn what advice they would give to executives as they determine how to best employ AI across their business. An edited version of their remarks follows. Li Deng, chief AI officer, Citadel: I think everybody should embrace these modern AI capabilities. On the other hand, they also have to think about business-specific problems.

Business adoption of artificial intelligence is picking up steam, but still today only 20 percent of organizations that are aware of AI actually use this rapidly advancing technology. One reason: many executives are still wondering, "What can AI do for my business?" Earlier this year at the AI Frontiers conference in Santa Clara, California, we sat down with AI experts from some of the world's leading technology-first organizations to find out about current and future applications of AI. An edited version of the experts' remarks follows the video. Rajat Monga, engineering director, TensorFlow, Google: AI is going to be part of nearly every application we have around us.