Among the many benefits associated with AI, the most important is the ability to predict and recommend, ultimately benefitting every industry out there. Additionally, AI helps improve marketing efforts, initiates conversations with users, and also increases user engagement. We are already seeing intense and defining trends in 2020 that encompass AI and offer incredible solutions for businesses. Here are eight AI trends that will transform 2020 and beyond. Artificial Intelligence is dependent on deep learning and machine learning methods to introduce and enhance various systems.

For a very long time, Artificial Intelligence was a part of fictional stories, Science Fiction books, and even movies. It was tech-magic to the eyes. Today, as things are slowly moving towards reality, we can see that AI is still exciting, even though it's not as advanced as shown in the movies. Businesses are slowly investing in AI technology so that they can grow to be smarter and more efficient. Investments in AI as a technology haven't met the hype, but there is a positive sign of acceptance towards the smart technology in IoT.

Born out of the degradation of AI-powered devices, malicious intelligence has the capacity to be a real threat to the modern-day business ecosystem. It's true, there are plenty of AI applications that play a useful and critical role but focusing on the benefits of AI while forgoing the dangers is unwise. We can't say we haven't been warned. The best and brightest continue to make bleak predictions about AI-usage and the dangers of ignoring the threats that the technology poses. Elon Musk said: "I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably that."

Artificial Intelligence used to be a fictive narrative from Isaac Asimov's novels and futuristic films. Today it's 2019, and AI is no longer just a product of imagination. Let's take a look at the world's favorite futuristic movies. We already have them in every household. These can be easily found on Amazon and even your local Home Depot.

In the past decade, artificial intelligence has escaped the confines of research labs and found its way into many of the things we do every day. From online shopping and content recommendation to healthcare and self-driving cars, we are interacting with AI algorithms, in many cases without even knowing it. But we've barely scratched the surface, many believe, and artificial intelligence has much more to offer. Ironically, one of the things that is preventing AI from realizing its full potential is the cloud, one of the main technologies that helped usher AI into the mainstream. "The reason we still don't see AI everywhere is not that the algorithms or technology are not there. The main reason is cloud dependency," says Ali Farhadi, co-founder and CXO at Xnor, a Seattle-based AI hardware startup.

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In the next two to three years, we'll see an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) in devices, even beyond the early examples of today. Because the tasks and interfaces are becoming so complex that users will spend too much time trying to get to apps/info that's required for them to be productive. AI will be a journey that will take several years to complete. In the current early stage, we have some voice assistants (e.g., Bixby, Siri, Google) that can navigate a limited set of tasks. In the future (three to four years), with new, more powerful, on-device AI components, we will transition to more extensive AI where the device not only can parse some simple commands, but can actually learn about what we do and what we desire and make the proper suggestions to enhance our overall experience.

In an ongoing effort to get more AI into healthcare, the FDA just approved the marketing of an algorithm that detects wrist fractures. The news: The software, called OsteoDetect, identifies fractures in x-rays. Two different studies by Imagen Tech, the company that makes it, showed that it made orthopedic hand surgeons better at spotting fractures. Background: This isn't the first AI to get the green light from the FDA. This year the agency has given the go-ahead for an AI that diagnoses a certain kind of eye disease, and another that helps detect strokes.

Personal devices will know more about an individual's emotional state than their own family as emotion Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems continue to become sophisticated, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. "Emotion AI systems and affective computing are allowing everyday objects to detect, analyse, process and respond to people's emotional states and moods to provide better context and a more personalised experience," Roberta Cozza, Research Director at Gartner, said in a statement. "To remain relevant, technology vendors must integrate AI into every aspect of their devices, or face marginalisation," she added. Currently, emotion AI systems are being driven by the proliferation of Virtual Personal Assistants (VPAs) and other AI-based technology for conversational systems. As a second wave emerges, AI technology will add value to more and more customer experience scenarios, including educational software, video games, diagnostic software, athletic and health performance and the autonomous car.