AJ Abdallat is CEO of Beyond Limits, a leader in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing. Artificial intelligence (AI) is thought to be instrumental to the complex phase confronting critical infrastructure and its sectors. Every industry is facing the mounting necessity to become more agile, resourceful and sustainable. As a result of those pressures, entities in charge of systems that are essential in our everyday lives have made substantial strides toward constructive transformation and smarter digital initiatives. Ambitions for smart cities with intelligent critical infrastructure are no exception.

Is artificial intelligence (AI) the solution to all of our critical infrastructure management problems? Or, put another way, is AI reward worth the AI risk? AI, of course, refers to the use of data-driven algorithms and machine learning to make automated decisions. Critical infrastructure means any kind of physical or virtual system that affects your health, well-being or safety. Power plants and hospitals are often given as examples of critical infrastructure.