5 tech trends that blur the lines between human and machine

"CIOs and technology leaders should always be scanning the market along with assessing and piloting emerging technologies to identify new business opportunities with high impact potential and strategic relevance for their business," says Gartner research vice president Mike J. Walker. In Gartner's latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, Walker reports on these must-watch technologies, listing five that will "blur the lines" between human and machine. They will profoundly create new experiences, with unrivaled intelligence, and offer platforms that allow organisations to connect with new business ecosystems, he states. AI technologies will be virtually everywhere over the next 10 years, reports Gartner. While these technologies enable early adopters to adapt to new situations and solve problems that have not been encountered previously, these technologies will become available to the masses -- democratised.