Why AI Is Both More Boring and More Momentous Than You'd Expect - The New Stack

While there are only a few companies using artificial intelligence in production, it's certainly where the future lies. In this wide-ranging episode of The New Stack Makers podcast, we talk with Ted Dunning, chief application architect at MapR and author, along with Ellen Friedman, of the new O'Reilly book "AI and Analytics in Production." We all have an image in the back of our minds of computers taking over the world, but the truth for the short-term, said Dunning, is that some of the best value for artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be some of the most boring stuff. AI, at least in the beginning, will replace boring repetitive tasks and mine massive amounts of data in ways not previously imaginable. As you accumulate data, said Dunning, it begins to have interesting synergistic effects, so that the raw value can go up in unexpected ways.