I. Executive Perspectives. 1. The Surprising Lack of Intelligence About Artificial Intelligence. 2. Why AI is So Special. 3. Why Classical IT Needs Some AI Jazz. 4. How Machine Learning and Generative AI Change Business. 5. How AI Actually Works. 6. Time to Play AI. II. Executive Actions. 7. AIQ Tests. 8. Find Individual AI Contributors. 9. Sourcing AI. 10. Demos All Day Long. 11. Govern AI With Care. 12. Watch the Regulators. III. Executive Awareness. 13. Good and Bad AI. 14. Donald Trump and Taylor Swift. 15. Track Major Technology Trends. 16. Digital Transformation Isnt About ERP Anymore Its About AI. 17. Resignations and AI, Industry by Industry. 18. AI Leadership Consensus at Your Own Risk. 19. Dont Worry About Affective Computing (Or the Singularity). 20. AI Will Become Huge Cloud Services with Massive Ecosystems. 21. How Generative AI Owns Education and Training. 22. Technology, AI and Ethics. IV. Conclusion. 23. Should Machines Replace Us All?. 24. Some Parting Thoughts.
The book speaks to AI's issues, opportunities, and risks.? Its every professionals guide to what amounts to insider trading. Its not a blue ocean anything and its not a north star. Its a conversation about how executives should think about AI. It helps executives understand how AI will impact their companies and professional success.
Much of what is said about AI is misleading or just plain wrong. Its also sometimes intended to frighten everyone about a future thats unlikely to occur (think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and Geoffrey Hinton, among others). AI will not steal children, hold hostages for bitcoins or start nuclear wars. But it will fundamentally change business through the intelligent automation of many routine and nonroutine tasks that companies perform all the time. Old business models will die aslĂ.