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The basics of AI for business

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Philipp Gerbert |

TED@BCG Milan

• October 2017

On the TED@BCG stage, AI pathfinder Philipp Gerbert dispels the myth of AI as a complex and mysterious tool for business. In reality, he says, even those of us outside Silicon Valley can have an intimate understanding of AI and put it to work today. Gerbert walks us through the ABC's of AI and what it can mean for your organization.

On the TED@BCG stage, AI pathfinder Philipp Gerbert dispels the myth of AI as a complex and mysterious tool for business. In reality, he says, even those of us outside Silicon Valley can have an intimate understanding of AI and put it to work today. Gerbert walks us through the ABC's of AI and what it can mean for your organization.

About the speaker

Philipp Gerbert

Philipp Gerbert

AI pathfinder

Philipp Gerbert is Director of applied AI at Munich-based technology incubator UnternehmerTUM. Previously, he was a Senior Partner at BCG and a Fellow with the BCG Henderson Institute researching the impact of artificial intelligence on business. Gerbert is an expert in innovation-driven transformations of businesses. He led the firm’s global digital strategy topic and its AI@Scale initiative. A physicist by training, Philipp has served global leaders in a broad range of technology-based businesses for many years and was deeply involved in BCG’s work with the World Economic Forum.

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