Council Post: Four Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Help Your Small Business

The 21st century has brought many incredible new technologies that were once dreamed about in old sci-fi epics, and even some technologies we never saw coming. However, artificial intelligence -- sometimes called machine intelligence or just AI -- is proving to be one of the most disruptive of all. It's already being applied by businesses across the globe in a variety of ways, from automating a portion of customer communications to determining product/market fit. A survey of CEOs from small and medium-sized businesses conducted by executive coaching company Vistage found that AI is quickly becoming an important part of business processes. In the survey, 29.5% of leaders said that of new technologies, AI will have the greatest impact on their business in the next year.