DIGITAL STRATEGY
WHAT IS AI ? A simple question at face value , but the source of ever-evolving answers and lively debate in academic , commercial and consumer circles .
As AI has advanced , its meaning has splintered . First coined at a conference in New Hampshire , USA in 1956 , artificial intelligence has generally carried a definition revolving around the simulation of intelligent behaviour by computers .
However , that definition has shifted and spawned numerous subfields . “ I don ’ t like the word ‘ artificial ’… I use ‘ augmented ’,” says Kalyan Kumar , CVP and CTO IT Services at HCL Technologies . “ So , it ’ s all about augmented intelligence rather than artificial intelligence . You have to start to see it ’ s about human-machine partnership . It ’ s not human or the machine . It ’ s human and the machine .”
What is widely accepted as fact is the way in which humans and machines interoperate is drastically impacting how we live and work . Unrelenting technology advancement is constantly changing the nature of
“ It ' s about human-machine partnership . It ' s not human or the machine . It ' s human and the machine ”
– Kalyan Kumar , CVP and CTO IT Services , HCL Technologies
this interaction , meaning humans must continually adapt their own skills and intelligence if they are to keep up and reap the benefits .
And this is where Kumar , his I love AI badge on display , dives deep into his passion for the subject . Sat in the Indian company ’ s London offices , he describes AI as he sees it . For him , its meaning has often been misconstrued – it is all about detail , and this needs breaking down into
32 May 2018