The Executive Guide to Artificial Intelligence: How to identify and implement applications for AI in your organization

by Andrew Burgess

This book takes a pragmatic and hype–free approach to explaining artificial intelligence and how it can be utilised by businesses today. At the core of the book is a framework, developed by the author, which describes in non–technical language the eight core capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Each of these capabilities, ranging from image recognition, through natural language processing, to prediction, is explained using real–life examples and how they can be applied in a business environment. It will include interviews with executives who have successfully implemented AI as well as CEOs from AI vendors and consultancies.AI is one of the most talked about technologies in business today. It has the ability to deliver step–change benefits to organisations and enables forward–thinking CEOs to rethink their business models or create completely new businesses. But most of the real value of AI is hidden behind marketing hyperbole, confusing terminology, inflated expectations and dire warnings of ‘robot overlords’. Any business executive that wants to know how to exploit AI in their business today is left confused and frustrated.As an advisor in Artificial Intelligence, Andrew Burgess regularly comes face–to–face with business executives who are struggling to cut through the hype that surrounds AI. The knowledge and experience he has gained in advising them, as well as working as a strategic advisor to AI vendors and consultancies, has provided him with the skills to help business executives understand what AI is and how they can exploit its many benefits. Through the distilled knowledge included in this book business leaders will be able to take full advantage of this most disruptive of technologies and create substantial competitive advantage for their companies.                                       

Genres: Technology, Business, Nonfiction, Artificial Intelligence

198 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2017

About the author

Andrew has worked as an advisor to C-level executives in Technology and Sourcing for the past 25 years. He is considered a thought-leader and practitioner in Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation, and is regularly invited to speak at conferences on the subject. He is a strategic advisor to a number of ambitious companies in the field of disruptive technologies. He is Visiting Senior Fellow in AI and RPA at Loughborough University and has been awarded ‘Automation Champion of the Year’ by the Global Sourcing Association. As well as authoring two books, he is a prolific writer on the ‘future of work’ both in his popular weekly newsletter ('That Space Cadet Glow') and in industry magazines and blogs.

Reviews

[Filipa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very comprehensive explanation of what Artificial Intelligence is and how it can be applied in different business scenarios. It sets out a complete roadmap for this technology's adoption for organisations that don't know where to start.

[Gedi௨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

PROS:
+ good intro to AI for dummies
+ well explained how business should start evaluating AI & build their automation strategy
+ quick read

CONS:
- AI examples can be more deep with more of context & technical/business details
- too much of theory at the first part of the book which becomes too academic, which can be adreseed with real life examples



Summa summarum: a quick read to get your head of around AI and identify your business areas where you could apply it

[Mikhail Filatov · Rating 3 out of 5]

The overall model of presenting basic capabilities of AI (Image Recognition, NLU, Optimization), etc. and separating of what is possible and what is hype is good.
Unfortunately, the author does not go deeper and repeats himself several times - so this small (175 pp) book is becoming a bit boring by the last third.
Moreover, by that time it's too much "AI\IT strategy" talk with "AI Heat map" and similar stuff including self-marketing (the author is AI Strategy advisor).

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to various AI technologies.