A Refresher on AI – Data Driven Investor – Medium

Reading news on the creative use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in our ever day lives, whether it be healthcare, agriculture or finance, it is fascinating to see the diversity and complexity that AI represents across industries and subject-matter areas that we could not even think about. While there are numerous common interests and priorities across industries and policy areas, there is a lack of uniformity about what it is meant by "AI." In the most generic and basic sense, AI is a field of study that broadly asks the question: "Can machines process information in a way similar to a human?" The field is a dynamic and technical subject-matter area that encapsulates a seemingly endless list of technologies, techniques and competing points of view. Popular press is often -- and correctly -- derided for coverage that relies on hyperbolic and platitudinal language that obfuscates what the technology is actually capable of.