This is unit 1 of the 4-part series, Artificial Intelligence: Strategy and Applications for Accounting, Audit and Financial Management. In this webcast you will learn the fundamentals of the AI-economy and the compelling forces that are driving the AI intelligence revolution. You will also gain an understanding of how automation is changing our “work on the desk” and driving the need for new business models. AI Finance & Accounting Professional: Recognize what are technological revolutions; Identify the symptoms of lag in your firm; Recall the requirements and role of an AIFP; Analyze how the current AI revolution is different; Identify the four forces that are driving the revolution; Recognize that this trend will not reverse; Recall why AI is different than Machine Learning and Deep Learning; Determine how work forms the basis of human survival and its two dimensions; Identify how knowledge production is changing; Analyze the automation and computerization link; Identify your firm’s IT infrastructure in CAT structure;Recall the basics of Cognitive layer