Three sectors being transformed by artificial intelligence

With job automation, driverless cars and facial recognition hacks topping last year's headlines, artificial intelligence and machine learning have evolved from futuristic sci-fi to mainstream enterprise adoption, seizing a sizable portion of VC dollars in 2017 and pushing the federal government to define and regulate the technology. Everyone -- from investors to mainstream consumers -- is speculating about AI's role in our future as this year opens a realm of possibilities for new applications. But exactly how that technology will influence the enterprise sector remains to be seen. Fiery public debates have swirled in the tech community around whether new advancements involve tactical adoptions for enterprise, like a personalized, improved retail experience, or whether these developments signal the coming of the robot apocalypse. When it comes to business forecasts, though, I'm bullish about the potential that AI has for enterprise.