How AI will continue its journey into the mainstream in 2018

Artificial intelligence had something of a coming out party in 2017. While some intense sensationalization of AI persisted throughout the year, progress was made to help people understand the realities of AI-driven technologies and applications that guide several aspects of their personal digital lives. The inner workings of AI technologies and how they make decisions, however, remained a black box for many. Here's how I see AI -- and its journey into the mainstream -- evolving in 2018. Sorry, Sophia the Robot, but the AI industry will begin moving away from developing technologies that reside in humanlike physical structures.