10 ways AI will impact the enterprise in 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are buzzwords that have entered the vernacular at many enterprises, but few have managed to realize the full benefits of the technologies. But 2018 may be the year that companies begin more strategic implementations and start realizing some of AI's benefits. "The percolation of AI and machine learning technologies into businesses still seems to be in its early stages, ranging over awareness that they need to collect data, to awareness that they already have a lot of data but are not making productive use of it, to rudimentary analyses of these data," said Pradeep Ravikumar, Associate Professor, Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. AI will continue to be a fast-moving field in the coming year, and it's critical for companies to have close contact and collaborations with those in the AI research community to stay on the cutting edge, Ravikumar said. SEE: IT leader's guide to the future of artificial intelligence (Tech Pro Research) "From autonomous drones to AI-powered medical diagnostics, 2018 will see the needs of AI expand beyond research as companies bring these solutions to market," said Julie Choi, head of marketing in the Artificial Intelligence Products Group at Intel.