Bhavin Asher, Solutions Architect, Salesforce
Monday, February 13, 2017
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Everything invented in the past 150 years will be reinvented using AI within the next 15 years. Artificial intelligence is a term often reserved for the likes of Skynet in the "Terminator" films or ENCOM's mainframe in the 'Tron' movie, Artificial intelligence (AI) and a world in which machines threaten humanity's status quo has been the preserve of science fiction and movies for decades.
The reality is the bot has bolted. AI is walking and talking among us. In 2016, we use voice-recognition systems like Siri, driverless cars are being trialed and robotic hotel receptionists' work in Japan. The advent of certain technologies, inexpensive high-speed Internet, secure cloud storage, mobility solutions and low-cost devices has allowed the fantastical possibilities of the past to become reality. Instead, they see AI as an indispensable tool for supporting humans in virtually every aspect of life, especially in commercial applications.
AI and Business Today
Rather than serving as a replacement for human knowledge and ingenuity, AI is generally seen as a support tool for the humans using the technology. Although AI currently has a difficult time completing common-sense tasks in the real world, it is adept at processing and analyzing troves of data far more quickly than a human brain could. AI can then return with a number of synthesized courses of action and present them to the human user. In this way, humans can use AI to help game out possible consequences of each action and streamline the decision-making process.
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