Why it's time for CIOs to invest in machine learning

Cornell University wants to help whales avoid getting hit by ships, so it is working on an algorithm that uses audio recordings to alert ships to the whales' whereabouts. Dassault Systèmes is creating a 3D model of a human heart that will allow surgeons to test the performance of pacemakers before opening up patients. Sure, machine learning has already had a significant impact on the worlds of science and culture, and in life, but it will be years before CIOs need to start worrying about enterprise machine learning applications ... right? "If CIOs invested in machine learning three years ago, they would have wasted their money," Olley says. "But if they wait another three years, they will never catch up."