Digital disruption: What does it mean for human-machine synergy Networks Asia

At the recent IoT Asia trade event in Singapore, attendees were questioned how far they would go to create a live "internet-ready human being". Could this be a budding harbinger of the next wave of Internet of Things (IoT)-driven digital disruption? The use of smart machines, which encompass cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, machine learning and deep learning, is poised to profoundly transform as well as disrupt the way work is done and how value is created in the enterprise, according to Susan Tan, research vice president at Gartner. Smart machines, which will be adopted by 30% of large companies by 2021, will have broad applicability in all industries, from dynamic pricing models and fraud detection, to predictive policing and robotics, Tan added. Hence, business and technology leaders who understand and harness the evolving synergistic relationships between humans and machines will be well positioned to restructure jobs and acquire the talent needed for success.