Your New, Robotic Coworkers: How AI and Chatbots Will Transform Enterprises in 2017 - July Rapid

But after decades of anticipating the advent of "adult" robots, artificial intelligence is finally growing up and starting to get real jobs. The implementation of AI has been a slow and, at times, clunky process. We had ELIZA by 1966, but it wasn't until three decades later -- in 1997 -- that Deep Blue was able to beat chess champion Garry Kasparov. Fast-forward almost two more decades: my laptop just underlined "Gary" in red, because it knew that, despite G-A-R-Y being the far more common spelling, Kasparov's first name has two Rs. And then there's our dear friend Siri, who can show us where to get sushi, find a picture of Batman, or even tell us a story.