No surprise, Gartner ranks AI as the top technology to watch in coming years - SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence, "transparently immersive experiences" and digital platforms will lead a crowded roster of emerging technologies for the next five to 10 years. So says analyst firm Gartner Inc., which has just published its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. It's one of the research firm's most eagerly anticipated reports, because it provides insights into up-and-coming technologies that have the potential to deliver a significant competitive advantage to businesses wielding them adroitly. With regard to the three megatrends, Gartner says these will provide organizations with "unrivaled intelligence, create profoundly new experiences and offer platforms that allow organizations to connect with new business ecosystems." Gartner singled out AI as the most promising of the three megatrends, saying it will be "the most disruptive class of technologies over the next 10 years due to radical computational power, near-endless amounts of data, and unprecedented advances in deep neural networks."