Why An AI Head Needs a Big Data Body and Cloud Feet

One of the things about newly hyped technologies is that they are often described in magical terms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no different. Reading the technology press and vendor announcements make it seem as if AI can cure all your business' problems and allow you to leapfrog the competition, succeed in new markets in days and delight your customers while reducing costs by 80%. What is particularly fascinating about AI is that the hype is not new, in fact it is decades old. The first Neural Network, a foundation of today's AI research, was actually created in the late 1950's. This led to a large leap in expectations, which were never realized.