Getting Realistic About AI

When can AI methods be used effectively from the user perspective? The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is omnipresent today, both in the news and on popular science shows. The number of possibilities for AI methods to assist people in making decisions are expanding rapidly. There are three main reasons for this: The development of new AI methods (deep learning, reinforcement learning); the continuous improvement of hardware capabilities, and the growing availability of extensive and well-structured training data. These factors allow AI to keep expanding into new areas of application. But how do things look from the perspective of an AI user? When can AI methods be used effectively? What are the prerequisites and what is the right way to proceed? These and other questions are of interest to anyone carefully studying their area of responsibility for possible AI use cases.