Board Directors And CEO AI Literacy - A Change Imperative.

AI's impact in the big data landscape is unfolding in quantum leaps. IDC reported that worldwide revenues for big data and advanced business analytics will reach more than $203 billion in 2020. Research and Markets project that the US market alone will reach over $105B by 2027. The rapid growing market and interest in AI is being driven by the accelerating cloud and data traffic, much of it from: mobile, the Internet of Things (IoT) and increasingly business leader's recognition that digital transformation is an imperative to remain in business. We have already seen the explosive growth of technology giants from: Accenture, Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google, Intel, and Microsoft, in particular, that are lined with deep pockets, actively investing in acquiring talent and releasing open AI hardware and software as the race to stay on top marches feverishly foreword.