AI for all: Assessing new machine learning tools and rise of quantum computing - SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence is getting personal. Advances in massive data gathering and processing, coupled with wholesale leaps in machine processing power are setting the stage for a world where AI could closely simulate the human brain and become ingrained in many aspects of daily life. How soon that becomes reality could depend a lot on the humans who control it, because the ability to run basic AI initiatives has evolved to a point where generating a machine-learning model is as easy as planting roses in the backyard. "People like Google and Facebook have made it so easy for the average person to actually do an AI project," said Bob Friday (pictured, second from right), vice president and chief technology officer of Mist, a Juniper company. "Anyone in your audience could actually train a machine-learning model over the weekend. You personally could become a data scientist over the weekend."