What is AI?

Artificial intelligence is already everywhere. The technology is widely used in ways that are quite obvious, such as self-driving cars, and others that are inconspicuous. It keeps your mobile phone ticking over, translates for Alexa, helps doctors analyse medical images, controls robotics in factories, and so much more, quietly working behind the scenes to automate both simple and complicated tasks. Though these are small examples of its capabilities, AI is predicted to have a huge impact on our lives, with plenty predicting disruption to our jobs and work life and others seeing the benefits of churning through vast data sets. Keeping up with such changes requires understanding the various technologies behind AI, be it neural networks, deep learning and machine learning, and seeing how they're already being used.