Machine Learning Will Be 2017's Top Trend (and Will Help Solve IoT's Big Data Challenge)

It's a brand new year, and a good time to look into the future to see what the next 12 months will bring. I listened to my friend Bridget Karlin make her predictions on the radio program Coffee Break with Game-Changers, which compiled what 80 thought leaders in technology, business and academics foresee for companies and industry in the coming year. Karlin, who is Intel's managing director of Internet of Things (IoT) Strategy and Technology, made the prediction that in 2017, artificial intelligence in all its various forms will go mainstream. I've decided to add my voice and make my own predictions for the coming year. Along the way, it will help power innovations such as autonomous vehicles, precision farming, therapeutic drug discovery, and advanced fraud detection for financial institutions.