Artificial Intelligence is becoming normal talk in everyday language as society becomes more sophisticated thanks to advances in technology. According to Bergur Thormudsson of Statista.com in an article entitled: Artificial Intelligence (AI) worldwide – Statistics & Facts, dated March 2, 2022 in Statista,
Artificial intelligence (AI), once the subject of people’s imaginations and the main plot of science fiction movies for decades, is no longer a piece of fiction, but rather commonplace in people’s daily lives whether they realize it or not. AI refers to the ability of a computer or machine to mimic the competencies of the human mind, which often learns from previous experiences to understand and respond to language, decisions, and problems. These AI capabilities, such as computer vision and conversational interfaces, have become embedded throughout various industries’ standard business processes. The most prominent industries for AI adoption in organizations include high tech and telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
The AI ecosystem
The current AI ecosystem consists of machine learning, robotics, artificial neural networks, and natural language processing. In machine learning, programs learn from existing data and apply this knowledge to new data or use it to predict data. The field of robotics is concerned with developing and training robots. Usually, the ability of a robot to interact with people and the world follows general rules and is predictable. However, current efforts also revolve around using deep learning to train robots to act with a certain degree of self-awareness. For more on the AI ecosystem, trends, drivers, and applications, please take a look at the Statista in-depth artificial intelligence report.
AI investment and startups
The global AI market, valued at 142.3 billion U.S. dollars as of 2023, continues to grow driven by the influx of investments it receives. From 2020 to 2022, the total yearly corporate global investment in AI startups increased by five billion U.S. dollars, nearly double its previous investments, with much of it coming from private capital from U.S. companies. The most recent top-funded AI businesses are all machine learning and chatbot companies, focusing on human interface with machines.
Where is AI heading?
The increase in AI investment is coupled with the increasing need for AI talent. Many companies have posted job opportunities for those with AI talent across IT departments, as well as in other business areas. Organizations worldwide struggle to hire for AI-related positions, emphasizing the critical demand for workers with such skills. The AI talent shortage goes hand in hand with the overall global rise in AI and machine learning use cases throughout companies. Popular applications for AI and machine learning include improving customer experience and generating customer insights, as well as the newcomer of generative AI. Given the considerable and continuous expansion of the industry, we can expect to see more of AI in the coming years.
Deep learning – Statistics & Facts
What is it?
Deep learning is a subset of machine learning, which is in turn a subset of artificial intelligence (AI). Machine learning is a simpler tool, wherein the programmer gives the AI a set of parameters that it follows. Increased utilization of deep learning has the potential to greatly reduce the manual work of programming parameters for AI. Across several industries, greater use of deep learning algorithms is likely to enable more efficient expenditure of programmers’ time and energy. Deep learning is most often found in virtual assistance, voice-enabled remotes, and emerging technologies such as self-driving cars. Its application requires substantial processing power, using GPUs with a high-performance capacity to handle the enormous number of calculations needed. The deep learning chip market is growing quickly, and is forecast to exceed 21 billion USD by 2027.
How is it different from Machine Learning?
Machine learning operates on more simplified data than deep learning, and uses structured data for its algorithms. Deep learning, however, eliminates much of the pre-processing involved with machine learning by being capable of ingesting unstructured data, such as texts, and extracting the necessary data. This also means that there is a difference in the skills required to code deep learning and machine learning. Coding capabilities for deep learning algorithms are some of the most sought-after by large organizations around the world.
What is the current state of affairs?
There are a number of real-world, deep learning applications; however, they are often hidden behind the scenes, and the average user is unaware of the complexity of the automation at work. Deep learning is used in various fields, such as financial services, customer service, and healthcare. For example, financial services rely on a large amount of analytics to predict stock trading, monitor for fraud, and aid clients in building their investment portfolios. The most prevalent sign of deep learning in customer services is in the number of AI-enabled assistants or chatbots. These are more specialized than the average chatbot that cycles through manual responses. Deep learning chatbots seek to understand if there are multiple responses to ambiguous questions. Depending on the analysis of the chatbot, it will then provide a response or route to a human agent. Healthcare is another field where deep learning has seen significant growth. Digitizing hospital records and images allows for much swifter organization and categorization of affairs, speeding up and increasing the efficiency of hospital work.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) market size/revenue comparisons 2018-2030
Companies with the most machine learning & AI patents worldwide 2012-2021
As of December 2021, Tencent was the largest owner of active machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) patent families worldwide with 9,614 families owned. In 2020, the company had claimed the leading position from Microsoft now ranked sixth with 5,821 active families owned. Baidu ranked second with just over 9,500 patent families. The statistic is based on data provided by PatentSight. The two leading companies had a lead of more than 2,100 patent families over IBM who owned 7,343 active patent families in this technology field.
Editor-in-Chief/Creator: Renaldo C. McKenzie, Adjunct Professor, Author and Digital Creator
Error: Contact form not found.