While it may lack the special effects-laden sophistication of its portrayal on the big screen, artificial intelligence (AI) is already permeating our daily lives. Described as one of this century's most important technological revolutions, 63% of us use AI such as predictive typing every day without even realising it, according to a recent survey. And AI is already changing the way many of us work, too. AI has progressed to a stage where it can viably aid us with everyday tasks, with an array of niche applications entering the workplace. Notably, Boomerang's'Respondable' tool gives advice on the tone and structure of your emails, making them more likely to gain a reply.

CHENNAI: With a PhD in mathematics, Bharat Ramakrishna was preparing content for school children when suddenly he found a well-paying job in the machine learning & data sciences space. No longer is a mathematics background purely academic. Maths majors are now in demand for a job in artificial intelligence and data sciences. "After graduating from the University of Utah, I was into preparing question banks for students. Now, concepts such as matrices, linear algebra and calculus are being used in artificial intelligence and it is easier for a mathematics graduate to learn coding than vice versa," said Ramakrishna, data scientist at Skillenza.

While pregnant with her first child, Rhea Birusingh started experiencing blurry vision that her OB-GYN dismissed as an expected pregnancy-related change, but three months later, she went to her ophthalmologist, who discovered an inoperable 2-centimeter benign brain tumor behind her right eye. Now, nearly four months later, Birusingh's son is healthy and her vision is normal, thanks to a powerful, precise radiation treatment. "When you're a pathologist and your eyes are a money maker, you start to get a little bit worried," Birusingh, 37, of Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, told FoxNews.com. Doctors at UF Health Cancer Center – Orlando Health decided to use the treatment, called proton beam therapy, because Birusingh's tumor was adjacent to her hippocampus, which is critical for short- and long-term memory and learning. Proton beam therapy works differently from conventional radiation treatments, which rely on X-rays.