What Every CEO Should Know About AI

Abstract

Dr Viktor Dörfler combines his background in developing and implementing AI with scholarly research on knowledge and cultivating talent to address misconceptions about AI. The Element explains what AI can and cannot do, carefully delineating facts from beliefs or wishful thinking. Filled with examples, this practical Element provokes thinking. The purpose is to help CEOs figure out how to make the best use of AI, suggesting how to extract AI's greatest value through appropriate task allocation between human experts and AI. The author challenges the attribution of characteristics like understanding, thinking, and creativity to AI, supporting his argument with the ideas of the finest AI philosophers. He also discusses in depth one of the most sensitive AI-related topics: ethics. The readers are encouraged to make up their own minds about AI and draw their own conclusions rather than accepting opinions from people with vested interests or an agenda.

Blockchain Technology in the Energy Industry

“…Several innovative ventures are already engaged in designing grids and systems to facilitate power production in order to be able to get these certificates. One such firm, Volt Markets, supplies energy and monitors a trade network built atop smart contracts underpinned by Ethereum's technology (Henderson et al, 2018).…”

“…As for the altruists who want to donate to help schools carry on their activities, they can bypass the traditional restrictions and dive right into crypto-based systems to contribute to the school's smart meter. Consequently, the schools will receive power credit and instantaneously achieve energy self-sufficiency without unnecessary hassles from intermediaries (Henderson et al, 2018).…”