Why AI is finally going mainstream

It's clear that the age of applied AI is at hand. Deep learning toolkits are becoming essential tools for software engineers and data scientists. Tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have open-sourced their artificial intelligence frameworks. Applied AI developers now develop software that doesn't just do what it's told, but also has the ability to anticipate the needs of its users through a combination of pattern recognition, knowledge, planning, and reasoning. There is a growing--and urgent--need for information on applied AI, as opposed to the kind of research presented at academic conferences.