An artificial intelligence algorithm, known as ARTUu, flew along with a human pilot on a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane, performing tasks that would " …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved beyond merely capturing our imaginations - it is now replacing jobs, it is augmenting our skill sets, it is driving new discoveries on a daily basis - AI is already here, but why?

Yoshua Bengio is one of the foremost thinkers in a field within artificial intelligence known as artifical neural networks and deep learning. Although significant progress has been made in recent years due to (among other factors) the combination of the proliferation of data, the decreasing cost of compute, and the tremendous amount of money and talent now devoted to artificial intelligence, Bengio chose this as a field of study during the 1980s, in the throes of what some referred to as the AI winter, seeing through a period when money and enthusiasm for artificial intelligence had dried up. Bengio is the co-author (with Ian Goodfellow and Aaron Courville) of Deep Learning, a book that Elon Musk referred to as "the definitive textbook on deep learning." On top of his growing influence in this field, he has also been enormously influential in shaping Montreal to become a hotbed for artificial intelligence. Bengio co-founded Element AI in 2016, which has a stated mission to "turn the world's leading AI research into transformative business applications."

Yoshua Bengio is one of the foremost thinkers in a field within artificial intelligence known as artifical neural networks and deep learning. Although significant progress has been made in recent years due to (among other factors) the combination of the proliferation of data, the decreasing cost of compute, and the tremendous amount of money and talent now devoted to artificial intelligence, Bengio chose this as a field of study during the 1980s, in the throes of what some referred to as the AI winter, seeing through a period when money and enthusiasm for artificial intelligence had dried up. Bengio is the co-author (with Ian Goodfellow and Aaron Courville) of Deep Learning, a book that Elon Musk referred to as "the definitive textbook on deep learning." On top of his growing influence in this field, he has also been enormously influential in shaping Montreal specifically and Canada more generally has become a hotbed for artificial intelligence. Bengio co-founded Element AI in 2016, which has a stated mission to "turn the world's leading AI research into transformative business applications."

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved beyond merely capturing our imaginations – it is now replacing jobs, it is augmenting our skill sets, it is driving new discoveries on a daily basis – AI is already here, but why? A nexus of forces has fortuitously converged to deliver enormous growth in AI's ability to deliver valuable real-world application in the financial services sector (and elsewhere.) Before delving deeper into these forces – it's beneficial to first look at what AI is, what forms it comes in and what areas are particularly interesting to the world of finance. AI is a machine based intelligence that can remember, think, decide and act without human intervention. The Narrow (or Weak) AI that is currently in operation today is not to be scoffed at, despite its unflattering title.