Machine Learning Lesson From 2017: Voice Is Ready For Prime Time, Decision Support Isn't

In the business intelligence (BI) world, more and more companies are talking about machine learning (ML) being leveraged in their software. However, try to talk to them about it and there is silence. Infrastructure vendors, IBM, NVIDIA, Intel, Oracle (remember, that's where Sun went), Qualcomm and more are talking up their chips for ML. Again, try to talk with them about a real business case study, a customer who has implemented a system, and, if you get back anything, you get back anonymous companies described in a paragraph or even just a sentence. On the other hand, the success of Apple Siri and Amazon Echo, the continued growth of Microsoft Cortana Echo, and the entrance of Google Now show that voice recognition is rapidly becoming mainstream in the consumer world.