Dimensions of Intelligence

There is little doubt that #AI represents the transformative force of our lifetime. This is why 9 in 10 businesses are accelerating spend in AI with the vast majority declaring it their #1 investment priority.

While it’s near impossible to predict how much AI will reshape the business landscape, many organizations have already achieved gains in productivity well above the overall 3% reported by the BLS in 2023.

While super impressive, AI is only in its infancy.

Let’s explore why with a “mere mortals” perspective on what enables AI, where we are today and where it's all heading from here.

To start, AI is an umbrella term. A significant portion of today’s deployments are expert systems — the programmatic transfer of knowledge into rules-based systems. They do not employ the more capabile algorithmic “brains” known as machine learning (ML).

Furthermore, 90% of today’s ML relies on the least sophisticated techniques and are only capable of performing narrowly defined tasks. This will rapidly change as advanced techniques become mainstream.

In its simplest form, there are five core dimensions of intelligence that enable the smarts in AI systems. They define how AI can: