Thomas H. Davenport

Both authors have solid industry credentials, and each of them has developed significant amounts of experience and research on the topic of artificial intelligence, and analytics as well.

When they tick off three or four things you should know about an aspect of AI, I think it's safe to assume that their casual way of ticking off a few items, belies the amount of thought and work that went in to generating each item. Many times I have added digits in my print margin so I can reflect more deeply on these enumerations later.

If I were able to influence a next edition, I would find it easier to digest the material if more lists were used. Example: instead of sentences in a paragraph, something like (summarizing their points):

Three ways to address the top challenges in AI:

1. Plan on deployment from the start.
2. Put someone in charge of the entire process of development and deployment, such as a product manager for AI-based systems and processes.
3. Assign data scientists and product managers who work closely with stakeholders on the business side from the beginning.… (more)