Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

By Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, University of Sydney
Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney

You know we’ve reached peak interest in artificial intelligence (AI) when Oprah Winfrey hosts a television special about it. AI is truly everywhere. And we will all have a relationship with it – whether using it, building it, governing it or even befriending it.

But what exactly is AI? While most people won’t need to know exactly how it works under the hood, we will all need to understand what it can do. In our conversations…

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