In early January, I presented a session for The Conference Board on the potential and implications of artificial intelligence for finance leaders. The recorded Webinar is available on The Conference Board website, and you can download a PDF version of the presentation from this link, or visit Screenshare to get the full PowerPoint version. This article originally appeared on Digital Business & Business Analytics.

Predictive technology isn't new, but today, algorithms really are taking over! Looking to the future, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are going to completely transform the way companies do business. Over 90% of average business intelligence projects involve gathering, cleaning, and joining data from different sources. Algorithms can help automate some of this work, especially for more casual business users. Business intelligence interfaces can correctly interpret user questions in everyday language via voice or chat, such as, "What's the revenue per customer this month compared to last month?"