Emerging Industry Overview: Artificial Intelligence
Industry Snapshot
In the very simplest of terms, the artificial intelligence (AI) industry seeks to create machines that are capable of learning and intelligent thinking. It includes the development of computer-based systems that can learn from past behaviors and apply that knowledge to solving future problems. AI draws from a variety of academic fields, including mathematics, computer science, linguistics, engineering, physiology, philosophy, and psychology, and predates the modern computer age. Although it did not truly emerge as a stand-alone field of study until the late 1940s, logicians, philosophers, and mathematicians formed the foundation upon which...