All in the mind? Artificial Intelligence in travel #canada #travels - Travel

Yes, the death of travel agents at the hands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been greatly exaggerated yet again. NB: This is an analysis from Larry Smith, partner, Thematix . For those who know HAL from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. But thanks to graphics processing units (GPUs), big data, and better algorithms, AI is now everywhere, today. Almost 50 years after the movie, at the TravelFest Travel 2.0 event in New York City, I had the pleasure of moderating the Artificial Intelligence in Travel panel that included Kunal Kapoor from the IBM Watson ecosystem group, Gillian Morris, CEO of Hitlist.