Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of the progress of AI highlight the increasing presence of AI in the healthcare industry, the assistance AI may provide in the future to workers' cognitive tasks, and the continuing acceleration in data production and dissemination. Of the $27 billion raised, U.S. startups accounted for $17 billion, up from $13.3 billion the previous year. Chinese AI startups, on the other hand, raised only $2.9 billion in 2019, down from $4.7 billion in 2018. Big companies wouldn't be investing billions [in AI] if it wasn't producing for them"--Geoffrey Hinton "Artificial intelligence enables us to process the vast quantity of data across our businesses to generate new insights which can keep us ahead of the competition"--Yuri Sebregts, chief technology officer, Shell