Innovation Excellence How Automation and Artificial Intelligence Work Together to Spur Innovation

According to experts, 2016 may finally be the year that artificial intelligence comes into its own -- not in the science fiction "robots will take over humanity" sense, but in a much more practical and useful way. AI is already excellent at problem-solving -- when it comes to finding patterns, it can usually solve a problem much faster than its human counterpart. For the most part, though, AI still very limited in scope, and the dreams of a general intelligence are still far off. To some, AI being able to execute nearly any task that humans can perform today may sound like a worst-case scenario. But, in actuality, this future will bring about a new era of creativity and innovation.