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Using AI in the workplace is like snowboarding, says Azeem Azhar

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Anyone strapping on a snowboard for the first time knows that if you stop moving, you’re likely to fall over. Stability is about keeping in motion. That’s also true for businesses hoping to keep pace with AI, says Azeem Azhar, founder of Exponential View and Co-Chair of the Forum’s Global Futures Council on Complex Risks. Here he discusses some of the ways he uses AI himself, and offers a key piece of advice to business leaders who want to make the most of this transformative and rapidly advancing technology.

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