Managers feel obligated to support the 'future' to show investors they're cutting edge so they express some innovation in the "pipeline". I'm sure you'd see the

Managers feel obligated to support the 'future' to show investors they're cutting edge so they express some innovation in the "pipeline". I'm sure you'd see the same stats for any trending tech development we've had in the past. Whether it was "big data", machine learning, and now AI (still ML but flashier label). Typically, however, it's mostly theater. The actual investments don't reflect the expressed "priorities". Outside of tech, there's really not too many AI specific job postings (despite how integral it supposedly is). At this point most managers don't have enough experience with AI to know if it has strategic value, but they don't want to risk seeming out of touch.