Hannes Gassert, entrepreneur at the intersection of media, technology and culture, interested in human-centric technology, open source, democracy and transparency, was the moderator of this second session of the Friday at Lift16:Artificial Intelligence, Technology without Alternative?In this short introduction, Hannes Gassert explains why artificial intelligence is more than ever an important subject to cover, away from the buzz and down to the real talk.Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva.