The interest in artificial intelligence (AI) is growing apace. Scarcely a day goes by without the publication of some article in the press concerning its abilities. However, many of these articles, particularly in the mainstream media, remain sensationalist and do not come to grips with the real potential for artificial intelligence in the business, and particularly, industrial sectors.
Aiming to provide more clarity for our readers, we interviewed Luca Formaggia, Professor of Numerical Analysis at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and President of SIMAI (the Italian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) and Pierluigi Contucci, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Bologna, and Coordinator of the National Research Plan (2019) on AI, Robotics and Cybersecurity.