What Is "Industrialized" AI and Why Is It Important?

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a fireside chat session at Forrester's New Tech & Innovation 2018 forum with J.P. Gownder, a vice president and principal analyst at the firm. It was a timely and much-needed discussion on some of the biggest questions today in artificial intelligence (AI) and I hope that the audience walked away with a better understanding of this pivotal and complex technology. For those that were unable to attend the event, this blog post will provide an overview of several of the questions and answers that we looked at in the session. At Petuum, we often talk about the "industrialization" of AI, but this term is likely unfamiliar to most people. I started the session by exploring what we mean when we talk about AI being industrialized in the same way as textiles, electronics, and other products.