IDG Contributor Network: Why CIOs need a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Experts are divided about whether enterprises need a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO) and how the role relates to data scientists and CIOs. The argument against the role is that you don’t want a C-level position focused on a technology. In this view AI is a tool and it makes no more sense to hire someone at that level just to implement AI than for other tools.Over the next few weeks I hope to demonstrate how far reaching AI is. I also will argue that the winners and losers in m