Lionel Laurent, Columnist

The Limits of Artificial Intelligence

Companies are too reluctant to talk about the limits of AI.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Talking about artificial intelligence is in season for Europe’s corporate executives. Just don’t mention its shortcomings.

The C-suite is eager to tout its abilities in riding the 21st-century wave of automation by using sophisticated machine learning or shop-floor robots. Mentions of the phrase “artificial intelligence” on earnings calls are surging, as Bloomberg Intelligence’s Michael McDonough has noted.