Week 7 - MBA 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami

Now you may feel comfortable with AI - at least not as confused as at the beginning of this journey. You may feel comfortable in AI waters and, if you practice the recommendations in Kelsey's book: adapt, adopt, and become adept, you will certainly be able to surf the tsunami. As you gain more knowledge, the AI tsunami will seem like regular waves that you can surf easily. But, to make sure you go in the right direction, it is also a good idea to have mentors or know whose steps you should follow. In Kelsey's book, there are six experts that give us more insights. I encourage you to read their comments. You can access the book in the references. 

To me, the most significant insight from the comments of the experts come from Geoffrey Hinton, psychologist and computer scientist, who stated that he wanted to learn artificial intelligente because he wanted to gain a deep understanding on how the brain works. The best way to undertand the brain is building one. This is what artificial intelligence is about. Irving Wladawsky-Berger sais that we need to adapt to technology advances because everything is becoming more dynamic, sophisticated, and more similar to the way that the human brain works. 

References

Kelsey, T. (2018). Surfing the Tsunami: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Options for Responding [Kindle version]. RGB Press. Kindle Edition. https://www.amazon.com/Surfing-Tsunami-Introduction-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1976756340/ref=asc_df_1976756340/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312140868236&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17991021781928711304&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021703&hvtargid=pla-569007086289&psc=1