Week 8 - MBA 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami

Todd Kelsey's book Surfing the Tsunami has been a great introduction into the world of AI. Prior to this class, I had little to no experience with the world of artificial intelligence and was slightly naive to the way in which the world was moving (at an exceptionally rapid pace). From all of the information I have been hit with, the key point that I have taken away is that we need to embrace AI. It's going to play a huge role in out future and we need to look to adapt rather than to overcome. 

I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to ask Todd Kelsey, the author of Surfing the Tsunami himself, some direct questions that I had regarding AI/Quantum and the future. Here is the transcript of our Q&A - I feel like this is valuable information that needs to be shared as there's no one better to consult than the author himself:

(Todd Kelsey's responses are following the '>' symbol)

As you will see below, I decided to share a story with Todd Kelsey that highlighted my personal experience with AI and the very process in which we could see the world shift towards in the very near future - redundancy of jobs due to automation and AI implementation. This is something that, in my opinion, has the power to cause mass-damage on a large scale to communities and economies all over the globe, as well as a strain on governments and public spending. 

Thank you Todd Kelsey for the opportunity to ask some questions that I had regarding the future of artificial intelligence and I am grateful that this class has opened my eyes to a rapidly emerging world that I certainly want to be familiar with.

Kelsey, T. (2018). Surfing the Tsunami: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Options for Responding