A digital and transformed future Artificial intelligence supercharging other technology Lexology

Transformative technology can be powerful not just in its own right, but where different technologies converge. Artificial intelligence, in particular, can be a technology supercharger. The second Insight in our series looking at the digital future (and adapted from an article written for the 2019 Bristol Technology Showcase) considers the transformative power of machine learning. Artificial intelligence, in the form of machine learning or deep learning, relies on finding and mapping the patterns in data and then using more and more data to refine and deepen the accuracy of that model, without the need for human-generated linear hand-coding. Part of the reason why this has become such a powerful tool is the speed and availability of almost limitless computing power, thanks to Moore's law and the development of the cloud, respectively.