Can Entrepreneurship be Learned by Intelligent Machines?

This paper explores whether human entrepreneurs will be supplanted by intelligent machines. It starts by considering the capacity for machines to engage in entrepreneurial activity using big data and modern artificial intelligence techniques. A critique of artificial intelligence (AI) is then presented that draws a sharp distinction between narrow AI and general AI. Computers are currently incapable of general AI because they lack a theory of mind and self-awareness. Both of these attributes are critical for successful entrepreneurship making it unlikely that computers will displace human entrepreneurs any time soon