We have already deleted the term “science fiction” from our future-oriented vocabulary and simply put “reality” in its place. Because as the traditional levers for future economic growth – capital investment and labor – are dying, German companies are putting ever more effort in meeting their clients’ digital requirements. And the next step towards more efficiency and thus higher productivity is imminent: Analytics leads the way; Artificial Intelligence is the goal. It affects the whole social ecosystem – in both a negative and positive sense! And Artificial Intelligence has already become reality.

We believe that this development cannot be stopped and therefore we want to give you an objective picture of the requirements – with regards to both technology and corporate culture – that lie ahead of your company, in order for you to keep pace with the international markets. Germany is still a world leader in many industrial branches. It should stay this way! What we need in order to accomplish this is – besides courage – the knowledge of the tools of the trade. Knowing what Artificial Intelligence is, how it works and where it reaches its limits is essential to tapping into its full potential and dissipating needless fear. Let’s take the fiction out of the science and see how Artificial Intelligence is created today. The key to this is data, made usable through sophisticated Analytics and algorithms.