Artificial Intelligence in Singapore: pervasive, powerful and present

IF you ask people whether they think artificial intelligence (AI) will have an impact on their daily lives, many won't admit to having playbacks of science fiction films in their minds. While pop culture might have influenced how we imagine futuristic technologies might look like, what most of us don't realise is that technologies like AI are already here and look set to stay. According to Seagate Technology's latest survey of IT professionals across the Asia-Pacific, AI adoption in Singapore is already so robust that at least six in 10 organisations have already implemented AI in one form or another within areas such as information technology (60 per cent), supply chain and logistics (48 per cent), customer support (49 per cent) as well as research and development (41 per cent). And organisations are hungry for more - nine in 10 have said they are planning to implement AI in the next 12 months. Data is the most fundamental building block that drives AI technology, enabling the likes of Siri, Cortana and Alexa to exist.