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The Executive Guide to Artificial Intelligence

How to Identify and Implement Applications for AI in Your Organization

Andrew Burgess

Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

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This overview of artificial intelligence (AI) by disruptive technology expert Andrew Burgess demystifies AI and explains a lot of its specialized vocabulary. Aptly named an “executive guide,” it is exceptionally clear and will be useful to anyone who wants a handle on AI. The introduction addresses business issues and the book’s framework offers a useful bridge to the more dense, more technical tomes on the market. Most businesspeople can learn all they need from Burgess, though his style can be somewhat intrusive. He loves abbreviations and some of the interviews seem like filler – but he delivers clear explanations of things that need explaining. getAbstract recommends Burgess’s breakdown of the past, present and likely future of AI to anyone interested in how technology is changing business as well as to investors, executives, entrepreneurs and students.

Take-Aways

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many practical applications for business.
Think of AI as a larger framework made up of distinct capabilities.
Four core capabilities focus on capturing information, while another four focus on organizing that data and applying it.

About the Author

Management consultant, author and speaker Andrew Burgess is an expert on disruptive technology. The Global Sourcing Association chose him as the 2017 Automation Champion of the World. A former CTO, he advises companies on AI and co-authored of The Rise of Legal Services Outsourcing.

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