When wired heard that Christopher Nolan and his producer--and wife--Emma Thomas were coming out with a biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we were perplexed. It is hard for WIRED to resist a Nolan–Thomas film. Nolan has a real love of science, just like us. Add to that, the duo like to bend their audience's minds. WIRED parlance is more often about looking ahead. So we kinda thought maybe we weren't the magazine to dive into this one.

BARCELONA, CATALONIA, SPAIN - 2019/02/27: The humanoid robot Pepper of the American company ... [ ] CloudMinds is seen shaking hands with a visitor during the MWC2019. The MWC2019 Mobile World Congress opens its doors to showcase the latest news of the manufacturers of smart phones. The presence of devices prepared to manage 5G communications has been the hallmark of this edition. Robots are stealing our jobs! AI is making us obsolete!

The future of the language industry is bright. In a world where globalization brings us closer together, advances in technology make it easier than ever to communicate and conduct our work efficiently. The primary purpose of a machine is to facilitate a specific task; so, the question remains, why do so many of us fear the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)? Admittedly, the notion of a machine learning to navigate an area so intimately human as language is disquieting. Where do humans fit in an industry that is so eager to introduce machine learning technologies?

For wealth managers, losing clients can be detrimental. When longstanding client relationships dissolve, it can be a blow to advisors' revenue and reputation. Not to mention, replacing them can cost significant money and time. As financial advisors aim to strengthen relationships, retain valued clients and attract new business, artificial intelligence is an overlooked and underutilized tool. Emerging technology continues to dominate the conversation in the wealth management community, and the jury is still out on how the advent of robo advisors and similar technology will influence the advisory industry for better or worse.

He had been surprised and annoyed to learn that his company had set up a new AI-based marketing system that was doing most of what he thought was his job as digital marketing manager at Global Consumer Brands: deciding what ads to place where, for which customer segments, and how much to spend. And when he found that the system was buying ads for audiences that didn't fit the company's customer profile, he stormed in to his boss's office and yelled, "I don't want men and women over 55 buying our product! Maister demanded that the system vendor modify it to enable him to override its recommendations for how much to spend on each channel and for each audience target. The vendor scrambled to give him the controls he wanted. However, after being given the reins on budgeting and buying decisions, Maister saw his decisions were degrading results.

Shaunak Khire is co-founder of a stealth ML/AI startup that can analyze, write and output insights autonomously. He also is a partner at the MaghaCGI30 social impact index fund. Previously he was the co-founder of an adtech startup and has served on the global board of the Mobile Marketing Association. He was formerly part of the Clinton Global Initiative tech and poverty alleviation working groups. As the world was collectively watching results of the 2016 election, we got a barrage of emails from people congratulating our AI for predicting a Trump win.

Albert Einstein spent the fall of 1915 overeating and sleeping in. He'd discovered a flaw in his theory of gravity, and competitors circled overhead. So Einstein relaxed a bit, went back to the blackboard and, months later, wrote the equation that rules the universe. More than a century later, today's Einsteins - the developers who've changed our everyday life with apps - also find themselves at an impasse. With the consumer experience evolving through artificial intelligence (AI) in ways big and small - from tastemaking playlists to facial recognition - the enterprise now faces a competitive imperative to integrate AI into the apps their products and services run on.

It may not look like one of Isaac Asimov's robots or sound like HAL from "2001: A Space Odyssey," but artificial intelligence is here, and it is already having a huge impact on how the world works. From the way you shop for a pair of shoes online to how fast a Formula 1 team can push its car's engine, AI is helping businesses across the globe save millions by improving performance and efficiency. Still, problems like trust and security, not to mention fears of the so-called singularity, when artificial intelligence would overtake human thinking, remain hurdles that the technology must overcome before it goes mainstream. AI hit the news this week after a program called AlphaGo, developed by engineers at DeepMind, the AI startup acquired by Google in 2014 for 580 million, defeated the world's No. 1 Go player Lee Sedol. AlphaGo beat Sedol 4 games to 1, claiming a 1 million prize.