What is AI? - DataRobot

There is a mountain of hype around big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. It's a bit like kissing in the schoolyard – everyone is talking about it, but few are really doing it, and nobody is doing it well (shoutout to my friend Steve Totman at Cloudera for that line). There is certainly broad consensus that organizations need to be monetizing their data. But with all the noise around these new technologies, I think many business leaders are left scratching their heads about what it all means. Given the huge diversity of applications and opinions on this topic, it may be folly, but I'd like to attempt to provide a practical, useful definition of artificial intelligence.