Bezos on Amazon's AI and Machine Learning Strategy - Converge.XYZ

In The Booming Artificial Intelligence Market: Who's In? Everybody!, I wrote that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a bit of a "big boy" game. By that, I meant that not every company has the capital for investments in AI, machine learning, natural language processing and related efforts, and in some instances, many business leaders aren't yet paying much attention. At the Internet Association's 2017 Annual Charity Gala held in Washington D.C., IA's president and CEO Michael Beckerman interviewed Amazon's Jeff Bezos in a fireside chat. Among the many things they discussed and topics explored was AI, and where the internet behemoth is headed as it relates to AI. Bezos echoed my sentiments on the accessibility issue--and pointed to it as one he intends to address as part Amazon's overall AI strategy. It's an understatement to say that Bezos realizes the importance of AI and machine learning, pointing to the many advancements that were either in the realm of science fiction or in or imaginations for the last few decades and which are now becoming reality.