Just How Smart Are Smart Machines?
Managers don't expect to see machines displacing knowledge workers anytime soon. Instead, they expect computing technology to augment rather than replace the work of humans. But in the face of a sprawling and fast-evolving set of opportunities, what forms should that augmentation take? Davenport and Kirby, authors of "Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines," examine what cognitive technologies managers should be monitoring closely and what they should be applying now.