Will 2018 be the Year of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? - Compare the Cloud

Continuing our series of articles looking forward to 2018, Dorian Selz, CEO of Squirro take a look at advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what we can expect in the coming year. Given the impressive results that some organisations have seen from their artificial intelligence deployments – and the constant hype around AI in the press and at IT industry events – one would be forgiven for thinking that AI is already a truly mainstream technology. But despite some notable exceptions, this is not the case, with many organisations still very much in the discussion phase when it comes to AI and machine learning. But that could be set to change in 2018. As businesses begin to realise the potential for AI to transform certain elements of their organisation can outweigh any concerns or reservations they might have, so investment in AI will increase. Will 2018 be the year that AI hits the business mainstream?