6 Ways AI Will Evolve In 2017 (And How Business Owners Should Prepare)

Artificial intelligence had a big year in 2016, with massive strides forward in deep learning and intuitive interfaces. On the consumer level, digital assistants like Siri and Cortana significantly improved, and in higher circles, AlphaGo definitively beat a human master Go player for the first time in history. As with most technology, AI capabilities have been evolving at an astounding rate, far surpassing expectations and setting us up for a landmark year in 2017. So how exactly will AI grow in 2017, and how should business owners and marketers prepare accordingly? First off, there's the Internet-of-Things (IoT), which has been on the verge of taking off for a few years now.