Nine Forces Shaping our Future: From Data Science to Robotics to Artificial Intelligence

A reminder of the person that you don't want to be as we move into 2017: In late 2014, I shared some of my thoughts regarding technologies that would shape our world between the years 2015-2020. One of the graphics that I created and shared talked about nine specific forces that would increasingly influence both our professional and personal lives. Located at the center of the diagram were three items: Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Machine Learning. I still believe that these items are properly situated in the center and that they will continue to dominate our conversations. If you, like millions of other people, received the Amazon Echo or Google Home this year during the holidays, you are starting to see the early promise and importance of all three of these technologies.