Predictions for Artificial Intelligence in 2019 - InformationWeek

Artificial intelligence was far and away the core tech mania of 2018. Even if you're not an analyst like me who focuses on this technology, it was hard to escape the AI buzz that's pervading popular culture, media, politics, and, of course, personal technology such as Alexa. With that in mind, here are my predictions for AI in 2019. Please pardon me in advance for the long, detailed list of trends and forecasts for this technology in the coming years. AI fakery will work its magic -- benign and otherwise -- more deeply into our lives: AI-generated audio has crossed the "uncanny valley" that makes it indistinguishable from what comes out of humans' actual mouths, as demonstrated publicly this year with Google's new Duplex digital-assistant technology.