Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review (HBR Insights Series)

This book is a great introduction to modern artificial intelligence (mostly machine learning,) in the business environment. It is not a general treatment of the subject so it does not cover the early symbolic methods from the 1950 until 2000. It also does not include technical details so there are no mathematical formulas or code examples.

It's a good book that gives you a broaden vision for AI and it's different applications in daily life and areas.

Arrived quickly, great book for non technical folks dipping their toes into machine learning.

covered the essentials?

As a consultant in AI application in business, I have searched for and read many of books and articles on this topic. But I was always disappointed by the lack of two types of information: 1. Detailed examples, especially for AI application in the service industry. 2. Well explained mental models of how AI could be applied in business. This book does an excellent job on criteria 2. And a very good job on criteria 1.

Excellent quality

This is one of the first volumes in a new series published by Harvard Business Review Press. Each offers dozens of cutting-edge insights within a business field of greatest importance now when the global marketplace today is more volatile, more uncertain, more complex, and more ambiguous than at any prior time that I can recall. In this instance, the field is artificial intelligence. Each volume anthologizes HBR articles that are among the most relevant and of greatest value. There are twelve in this volume that focus on AI, following a superb Introduction by Thomas Davenport. In terms of value, if all seventeen were purchased separately as reprints, the total cost would be about $110. Amazon now sells a copy of this volume for only $19.95. That's quite a bargain. Davenport nails it: "Even as the significance of AI becomes irrefutable, it remains misunderstood. "Executives view AI as a key disruptive technology, employees fear it as a job destroyer, consultants pitch it as a cure-all, and the media hype and deride it endlessly. "This book will help you tune out all this noise and understand AI's implications for you and your business. No matter your industry, level, or size of the company, this collection of some of HBR's best recent articles on AI will show you where the technology is going." Here are the key points he discusses in his overview (Pages xii-xv), material that brilliantly creates a context -- a frame of reference -- for the seventeen articles that follow: o AI [begin italics] is [end italics] booming in business -- at least in certain segments of it. o A variety of different AI technologies are in use. o AI is being applied for various business purposes. o Many large companies are creating infrastructures and processes to managed AI. o Companies are finding success by focusing their AI efforts in certain areas of the organization. o AI hasn't transformed business -- yet. o AI's overall impact on employment isn't certain, but jobs will clearly change. o Implementing AI raises ethical questions. For me, one of the greatest benefits of this new series is that each volume illustrates what Wayne Gretsky meant when asked to explain why he played hockey better than almost all of his opponents: "They knew where the puck was. I knew [begin italics] where it was going to be [end italics]." The information, insights, and counsel in this volume -- and in the other series volumes I have read thus far -- will help business leaders to see where their competitive market will be in months and even years to come. Here are two points of my own. First, there are no AI issues. Rather, ultimately, there are only [begin italics] business [end italics] issues. Also, it is very important to think in terms of enterprise architecture as your organization's primary strategy when embracing and then acting upon the insights it needs to prosper.

Excellent set of articles both for a significant level of detail and also a big picture understanding of AI and general issues impacting AI.

Un poco corto, pero interesante

I was looking for an easy reading that would explain the what, why and how of AI in a way anyone with zero background of AI could understand and I’m glad I stumbled upon this book (or maybe it’s Amazon recommendation engine and AI capabilities at work!!). This book gives me the perfect segue to explore more on AI concepts and more importantly how to take the first steps towards incorporating AI into business processes. Great job HBR team!

This book reminds me the uncertainty and the curiosity for the future technology. So. Great!Thank You!

This is a very basic collection of articles in the field of AI. As you'd expect with most material sourced from HBR, this is meant for those who know close to nothing on the subject matter. The articles, of course, are well written and take a managerial viewpoint. They give you almost nothing from a technical standpoint (knowing which is important in the field of AI), but there are other books for that.

Just finished reading this gem of a book, and I must say - it's a game changer. Thought provoking, insightful and incredibly relevant, this book offers a fresh perspective which stays with you giving lingering thoughts, long after you have completed reading the last page. Whether you are looking at growing personally or professionally, this book gives inspiration and practical wisdom. Highly recommended.