Week 5 - MBA 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami

AI is all around us and at this point, it has become inevitable. That is, according to Kelsey who believes that AI is consciously and unconsciously in everyone’s lives to some degree (Kelsey, p. 99, 2018). Kelsey also poses an interesting question: “Does it make sense to resist AI?” and in this case, I do not believe it does. In the early days of technology, AI was a dream and being able to automate certain processes as well as have a program do critical thinking or routine tasks was a fantasy. In today’s world, AI produces results and allows companies to grow at a quicker scale. Using the same example, Amazon scaled to its size today because of AI. AI found in its warehouses for shipping to online functions and services for customers allows it to continue to generate profit while human resources are used elsewhere.

Smaller companies may have more trouble implementing AI as it can become costly and take longer to produce results. This makes sense for them to reject or resist, for the time being, until they reach a point of finding AI beneficial. However, in today’s technological world, AI does seem to be inevitable and extremely important. The world is going more and more digital each day and requires AI to further a company’s future. It’s become a digital “eat or be eaten” type of mentality. 

Reference: 

Kelsey, T. (2018). Surfing the tsunami. Todd Kelsey.