8 factors shaping the future of big data, machine learning and AI

I've just spent a couple of days at O'Reilly's Strata Data Conference in London and got a much better idea where the world of big data, machine learning (ML) and AI may be heading. These sectors have developed rapidly over the last 5 years with new technologies, processes and applications changing the way organisations are managing their data. The Strata conference provides a good barometer of what the state-of-the-art is in big data manipulation as well as the concerns of developers and users. Eight key points emerged for me from the event. I spoke with O'Reilly's Chief Data Scientist and Strata organiser, Ben Lorica about this and he sees the increased bandwidth and flexibility of 5G as well as the move to edge computing as key enablers.