The current state of AI
AI today is used in almost all fields and industries, including consumer, healthcare, finance, government, and automotive.
Examples of modern AI use include:
- Search engines: Such as Microsoft Bing or Google search.
- Autonomous vehicles: Such as airplanes and self-driving cars.
- Medical diagnosis: Such as predicting the chances of you having cancer.
- Playing games: Such as chess or Go.
- Online assistants: Such as Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.
- Creating art: Such as poetry.
- Speech recognition: Such as speech-to-text software.
- Image and pattern recognition: Such as spam filtering and targeting online advertisements.
One of the first mass AI-driven business applications ever was the AutoCorrect feature in Microsoft Office, which was first introduced by Microsoft in 1993. Everyone is using it today in Microsoft Office without even noticing it.
What matters most is the business outcome. Often, when an AI application reaches mainstream adoption, it is no longer considered...
