"Many artificial intelligence researchers expect AI to outsmart humans at all tasks and jobs within decades, enabling a future where we're restricted only by the laws of physics, not the limits of our intelligence...

"AI is one of the hottest topics in the technology world today...

"As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand...

"Machine learning is on the verge of seriously impacting workplace communications...

"When it comes to digital infrastructure and the relationship we have with it, it feels as if we’re at an important crossroads right now...

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is already becoming entrenched in many facets of everyday life, and is being tapped for a growing array of core business applications, including predicting market and customer behavior, automating repetitive tasks and providing alerts when things go awry...

"We already live among robots: tools and machines like dishwashers and thermostats so integrated into our lives that we'd never think to call them that...

"Only time will tell...

Abby Wolfe tells the story of Erin McKean (photo, left) who went from lexicographer to start-up founder...

"As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand...