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Forbes Magazine reports on a recent study from MIT Media Lab

Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail, And What Business Leaders Should Do Instead

Are we actually seeing the AI benefits everyone expected? Will it really transform technology, industry and learning?

Investor enthusiasm may be inflating expectations that AI will be transformative–and disruptive. So far, results have not matched the hype.

 Rogé Karma, in The Atlantic, offers a more even take.

Just How Bad Would an ID Bubble Be?

AI is both evolving and emergent–not even AI developers fully understand how they work internally. AI companies are continually surprised by the behaviors and “insights” produced by the systems that they create and manage.

This article from Scientific American–more of an informed opinion piece, really–ponders the dangers arising from artificial intelligence escaping our understanding and control. The stakes are high.

Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous—Whether It’s Conscious or Not

McKinsey published this article about corporate and organizational incorporation of AI in their future policy, operations and planning.

Many organizations are tinkering with AI, but McKinsey estimates that only one percent of them have yet fully integrated AI into their workflows and processes deeply. That is here the most substantial benefits of AI are likely to be found.

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