MIT Sloan Management Review Article on How AI Will Define New Industries

While it’s likely AI will create new jobs, its more immediate (and lasting) potential is in helping advance the science that underlies new industries.

If you were a brilliant artificial intelligence (AI) expert just graduating from a doctoral program at a prestigious school, would you pursue that startup you’ve been thinking about, join a company that wants to build cutting-edge AI applications, or use your expertise to help scientists in other fields conduct basic research?