AI growth continues apace The number of AI adopters has grown 65 percent in the past four years, a trend the pandemic’s business disruption is accelerating relative to other technology priorities.1 AI demands engineering discipline Companies need to embrace AI holistically to address the scaling problem—rooting it in business strategy, innovation, and competitive differentiation, then deeply integrating it into evolving business operating models and workflows.AI proofs-of-concept (POCs) must evolve As AI technology continues to mature, many concepts have been proven, so organizations can redirect early-stage trials toward market-ready pilots.Poor, misunderstood artificial intelligence (AI). It’s alternately overhyped as a digital nirvana or vilified as a dystopian menace. Yet in the pragmatic here and now, it is neither.Primarily, AI is a way to augment human capabilities and performance, creating better outcomes for people— customers, employees, partners, and other stakeholders —and better financial returns for businesses. Think human aid, not humanoid.