Because my kids are exposed to and use the internet every day I doubt they will turn to me and ask “What is the internet?” For them, the Internet is not a thing they can (or need to) conceptualize but instead is ever present and constant, like the air we breathe. My kids see me use my phone to add items to the grocery order, they turn the lights on with their voices and they watch family photos whizz across a display in the kitchen as if every moment we live is captured and replayed automatically. For them and indeed for most of us, internet connectivity is ubiquitous.
It’s been nearly 30 years since the ‘web’ was invented and 16 years since the iphone was launched. We’re now at the precipice of a technology revolution that will similarly become ubiquitous, ever present and constant, and in a few short years will defy easy categorization or explanation the way the internet does today. That technology is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it is transforming the world around us. As the internet has, over time AI will fundamentally change how we live and work. It will make us more productive and efficient while ushering in a generation (or six!) of innovation in the form of not just technology but new business models, ways of learning, communicating, and sharing information.
In the future, only businesses with AI at the heart of their operations will be successful. Organisations that don’t start building an AI adoption strategy today will be relegated to the history books along with once-iconic brands like Kodak and Blockbuster that missed the digital revolution. Are you ready to get started?