by Angela Guess

A recent press release states, “More than 120 leaders from business, government and academia met to discuss the impact and promise of artificial intelligence at an evening “knowledge salon” held recently at the headquarters of Earley Information Science (EIS) in Carlisle, MA. The gathering was hosted by Seth Earley, founder and CEO of EIS, and Susan Feldman, founder and executive director of the Cognitive Computing Consortium. AI is gaining traction in the marketplace, with Apple’s Siri, Google’s driverless car and other high-profile products and services capturing headlines along with our imaginations. Hundreds of startups are raising billions of dollars to employ AI in every area of business and consumer life.”

The release goes on, “What does this mean for companies, and for government agencies and schools? What will the impact be on technology firms? And how will the workforce be affected? Are fears justified that AI’s machine intelligence and smart applications will take away jobs? Or, as was the case with the machines of the Industrial Revolution, will AI replace old tasks with new opportunities? ‘AI is at an inflection point,’ Earley said, noting the theme of the salon. ‘Or to put it another way, it is a revolution in the making.’ Representing a diverse range of industries and public-sector entities in the greater Boston area, the salon participants broke into about a dozen groups, discussing such topics as AI’s implications for the workforce, the investment landscape, the public-sector impact, industry applications and a primer on cognitive computing, the cutting-edge technology that is now powering AI’s advances.”

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