So the dilemma isn’t AI taking over the world in the next 5 years. The dilemma is a radical restructuring of business models, processes and systems that eliminate a critical human aspect before economies, countries and society as a whole are ready for those changes.

Technology adoption will remain a key driver of business transformation over the next five years according to the report. Over 85% of organizations surveyed identify adoption of new and frontier technologies as the most likely trend to impact their organizations. Big data, cloud computing and AI are assumed by over 75% of the companies as technology that they will adopt.

How can one successfully apply intelligence to a situation without the inclusion of empathy, and for that matter respect? How will empathy be added to the equation?

How can the United States effectively compete with a nation that is dedicated to advancing and exploiting AI (China) while the US itself seeks to reign in and put a cap on the companies that potentially have the critical mass to actually succeed on a global scale?

That is what this will come down to. Technology in general and artificial intelligence specifically will drive future economies and future successes and failures. In an ideal world, everyone would ride the wave of productivity, reengineering roles jobs and careers in as evolutionary manner as possible and create a new order where most everyone is better off.

If you cannot possibly imagine how technological change in general or innovation in AI specifically can disrupt what you do or how you do it, you need to get a bigger imagination (see what I did there?).