The topic of AI has reached such a fever pitch in the media with the coverage of driverless cars, conversational bots and even movies made by AI that it’s only a matter of time before every CEO starts asking their CIO “What’s our AI strategy.”
For many CIOs this will be a “deer in the headlights” moment since the topic of AI is so multi-faceted it’s hard to know where to start. We put together this e-book as a primer for CIOs wanting to get to grips with the topic of AI.
We start by giving some insight and context into why your CEO is asking this question, why now, and why you. Then, we will give you a foundational framework to think about AI so you can give your CEO a thoughtful response. Finally, we will discuss how you as CIO, can engage the business on the topic of AI and important considerations when evaluating AI vendors.
So, why is the CEO asking you this now? CEOs are humans too and they react to their environment. Their environment is often dominated by other CEOs, their board, and the outside world. AI as a topic has risen to the boardroom and the popular press with even Vanity Fair recently publishing an article titled “Suddenly Everyone is Obsessed with AI.” So if your CEO hasn’t broached the AI topic yet, they soon will.
