Editors' note: Welcome to CNET's new series of guest columns called Alt View, a forum for a diverse array of experts and luminaries to share their insights into the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence. For more AI coverage, check out CNET's  AI Atlas . "How are you using AI?" I asked a class full of executives. Some of the answers I have heard before: health professionals using it to read medical images; managers using it to draft emails; a retail company using it to take notes in meetings before giving up on it when they realized that the AI confabulated and had no understanding of context. And then, a gem. There's almost always a gem.  "I use chatbots as fortune tellers," said a middle-aged Asian woman with a beige cardigan and white sneakers. I would later learn that she has built a billion-dollar empire. A nervous rustle spreads throughout the room as people shift uncomfortably in their seats.…