An Inside Look at the Early Days of AI—and How Businesses Can Use AI to Prepare for the Future

AI expert and author Pamela McCorduck joins Talking Business Now host Kelly Scanlon to offer insights on the evolution of AI and where the technology is headed. McCorduck has been working in the field of artificial intelligence since 1960—and she knows the founding fathers personally. She's made a name for herself as an astute and authoritative observer of AI's evolution and growth since its earliest days. Her first book, "Machines Who Think," was the first modern history of artificial intelligence. It contains interviews with the early, pioneering scientists. Though the science around AI has evolved, the interviews are fresh and revealing and continue to stand the test of time. McCorduck's most recent book is "This Could Be Important: My Life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia." It is a memoir of her first encounters with the pioneers in the field, and her subsequent efforts to convince leading public intellectuals that AI could be important.  Tune in to learn about: Examples of the way businesses are already using AI in ways we might not realize. How AI is revolutionizing even the smallest businesses. Future applications of AI that business owners should have on their radar. The societal and ethical implications of AI. Some behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the "early" days of AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices