Enterprise AI adoption hampered by lack of skilled experts, says survey

Enterprises are ploughing on with AI adoption despite facing a skills crisis, says a new survey by O'Reilly, the e-learning provider. According to the survey, 23% of respondents feel that the lack of skilled people is hampering AI adoption. In O'Reilly's 2018 AI survey, 20% of respondents said the lack of skilled people slowed adoption. But despite the skills gap, 81% of respondents work for organisations that already use AI. Furthermore, more than 60% of organisations are planning to spend at least 5% of their IT budget on AI over the next 12 month; 19% are planning to spend at least 20% on their IT budget on AI.