Applied Artificial Intelligence
A Handbook For Business Leaders
Applied Artificial Intelligence is a practical guide for business leaders who are passionate about leveraging machine intelligence to enhance the productivity of their companies and the quality of life in their communities. If you love driving innovation by combining data, technology, design, and people to solve real problems at an enterprise scale, this is your playbook.
This book balances technical details and strategic insights targeted for executives and entrepreneurs. You’ll learn how to lead successful AI initiatives, identify the most promising applications, assemble diverse teams of experts, and adopt the most effective implementation approaches.
In this expanded 2nd edition, we explore how various enterprise functions can leverage both proven predictive AI and newer generative AI technologies such as large language models and image generation.
Authors
Mariya Yao
Mariya is an entrepreneur and investor leveraging high-impact applications of novel AI & machine learning technologies for modern businesses. She has partnered with leading global companies such as Google, Baidu, IBM Watson, L’Oreal, PayPal, and LinkedIn to drive AI strategy, implementation, and education for technology and enterprise leaders. She’s an invited speaker and presenter at academic events like NeurIPS and AAAI as well as industry conferences like CES and SxSW.
Marlene Jia
Co-author of Applied AI 1st edition
Adelyn Zhou
Co-author of Applied AI 1st edition
Kate Koidan
Co-author of Applied AI 2nd edition
As a deep learning researcher and educator, I’m alarmed by how much misinformation and misreporting occurs with AI. It’s refreshing to see a practical guide written by experienced technologists which explains AI so well for a business audience.
This book cuts the fluff and arms business leaders with exactly the right foundational knowledge to lead successful AI initiatives at their companies. It’s hands down the best playbook for executives starting on their automation journey.
The authors of Applied AI have incredible depth of expertise and experience in AI, and they make the complex topic accessible to everyone. It’s rare to find technology experts as engaging and thought-provoking.
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