The AI Precipice: An Executive Guide to Balancing AI Innovation and Safety - Paperback

by Cathy Cobey (Author), Cindy Gordon (Author)

This book fills a significant gap by providing a leadership guide to balance innovation and safety. With the rapid business transformation underway to leverage artificial intelligence (AI), executives must allocate substantial investments in governance, corporate purpose, and risk management tailored to their organization's strategic goals.

The stakes are high, and very few organizations are generating positive returns on their investments.

As a result, leaders must reevaluate their strategies, focusing on maximizing benefits while curtailing unnecessary costs. This book emphasizes the importance of carefully integrating humans into AI processes and introduces a robust leadership framework that prioritizes innovation without compromising safety. Diverse industry examples offer rich insights into pathways for striking a balance between advancing AI capabilities and mitigating potential risks.

This book equips leaders with the tools to navigate the complexities of AI responsibly. It sheds light on often-overlooked topics in major AI literature, including in-depth discussions on strategic scenarios, risks and controls, legal frameworks, and effective measurement systems.

Offering a wealth of strategic and operational insights from credible sources, this authoritative resource is indispensable for senior executives aiming to design, develop, and implement successful AI initiatives within their organizations.

Author Biography

Cathy Cobey, FCPA, is the EY Global Responsible AI Leader for Assurance. She works with global organizations to build trust and confidence in their AI systems and has spent her career navigating the intersection between technological and societal implications of transformation. She serves on several technical advisory committees focused on developing industry and regulatory standards for AI governance and assurance.

Cindy Gordon, ICD.D, is the CEO of SalesChoice Inc., an AI Software as a Service (SaaS) and advisory company. She is an AI digital transformation leader who guides numerous global organizations in balancing AI innovation and safety. She has prior executive and partner experience with Accenture, Xerox, and Citicorp. She teaches AI Strategy and Ethics at the United States AI Institute and George Brown College. She has an honorary doctorate in AI and MIT AI Strategy certifications. She is also a certified ICD.D board director and advises many AI companies.