Session summary: The talk will be a tour of some of the most intriguing areas of this technology which has taken the world by storm over 2023. We will touch on why this is so important for HR and learning, a 2x2 matrix of risks vs demand, what AI is still poor at, the concept of emergent properties, the possibility that there is more hype than substance, some pragmatic ways to get yourself and your colleagues started and a live demonstration of it all going wrong.