Will Machine Learning Transform Finance?

The virtual assistant on your smart speaker and smartphone draws on artificial intelligence; so do every Google search and every Netflix recommendation. And while the bulk of the investment in AI and machine learning--the subset of AI in which computers look for patterns in large data sets--is coming from the tech sector, it is spilling into other areas. Which uses of AI will come to ubiquitous fruition? Bloomberg offers a simple test: "Ultimately, the future of AI will depend on its ability to make money." Financial services seems like fertile ground for AI to generate profit.