Artificial Intelligence: Predictions for 2017

Companies invested billions of dollars in AI research and development. Machines ingested trillions upon trillions of pieces of data to train themselves to be experts in fields such as healthcare, financial services and customer service. 1 By all accounts, 2016 proved to be a major year for artificial intelligence. We asked AI experts to weigh in … 4. 3 What advances in AI do you predict will happen in 2017? 5. "From the hardware side of things, we will start seeing embedded devices with specialized architectures for running neural nets. Those things will pop out in self-driving cars, vacuum cleaners, maintenance robots, smart cameras, etc. Yann LeCunn Founding Director of NYU Center of Data Science Director of AI Research, Facebook 4 More Information 6. "5% of all new enterprise apps will have some form of AI in 2017 and 50% by the year of 2021." Patrick Moorhead Founder, President and Principal Analyst Moor Insights and Strategy 5 More Information Powerful partnerships are already in place to accelerate AI in the enterprise. Over the last several decades, nations have competed on speed, intent to build the world's fastest supercomputer. In 2017, the race will shift. Nations of the world will compete on who has the smartest supercomputer, not solely the fastest."