Artificial Intelligence Gets Real

Everyone, it seems, is talking about artificial intelligence these days. AI, a broad term variously describing either a grandiose goal or a toolbox of technologies and techniques, is poised to profoundly transform the ways we do business, monitor our health, commute to work and more. AI is now a $20 billion global industry -- and investment in it is projected to triple in just the next three years. Siri and Echo use AI-type processes. So do Google Maps and Translate.