10 Breakthroughs In Artificial Intelligence That Popularized It This Decade

Artificial Intelligence and its associated technologies have become the buzzwords of companies, individuals and even governments. This begs the question; How did AI gain the prominence and attention it has today? What forced companies to stop and take notice of a technology that has effectively changed every walk of life? According to Google Trends, this phenomenon occurred around the beginning of 2016, with indexed search volume results almost doubling over just one month. However, the building blocks for the widespread adoption of AI had already been set. In 2011, IBM had debuted their Watson AI on the reality TV show Jeopardy!, where it was pitted against two of the best players in the world.