1/6 - The "Executives: AI is not IT" thread

When people ask me why so many enterprise #AI projects fail, I am often able to sum it up in a single word:

"Expectations."

emerj.com/ai-executive-g… 2/6

Leadership isn't aware of what AI can do, what it's strategic value is. Worse still, leadership sees AI as just a new kind of IT. "Plug it in" and we're all set.

There are a number of reasons why AI is not like IT, here's a few that more boardrooms should understand:

1/9 <-- Buckle up...

@Microsoft invests $1Billion into @OpenAI with the express purpose of building "Beneficial artificial general intelligence (#AGI)."

openai.com/blog/microsoft

Mark my words, here's what you can expect: -- A number of Chinese initiatives of a similar overtly AGI-focused nature
-- Maybe one such similar initiative in Japan/EU (but with notably less funding and fanfare than those in #USA/#China)

(#Europe will try to compete w/regulation, not AGI itself - emerj.com/ai-power/regul…)