The document discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to help businesses. It provides a brief history of AI, including early projects in the 1950s and achievements by IBM Watson and Google's DeepMind. The document outlines common AI applications like visual perception, speech recognition, and decision-making. It also discusses growth in AI from 2012 to 2017 and anticipated applications of AI in finance. The conclusion questions whether lessons will be learned from past AI experiences and mistakes.