Predictive analytics is already having an impact on the enterprise



From V3:

Artificial intelligence (AI) may conjure up images of intelligent systems rising up to enslave us, with sadistic driverless cars taking passengers on terrifying joyrides and malevolent smart fridges refusing to order milk.

But in reality, AI is already here; many of us just do not realise it yet. Through the development of machine learning, the technology industry has created smart systems designed to help, not hinder, people.

Rather than send murderous robots back in time to destroy us, machine learning sits behind the scenes in the form of algorithms that learn from data to better deliver services offered by software applications.

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