Zia Chishti provides interesting counterpoint to the current AI hype – by pointing out that we have been here before, and that the ideas underlying AI have been around for a long time. Chishti does allow that carefully targeted AI initiatives could produce valuable results.
https://www.ft.com/content/47111fce-d0a4-11e8-9a3c-5d5eac8f1ab4
“Today’s AI is not much better at solving real world problems than its ancestors”