Learn to use machine learning

Artificial Intelligence has crested the top of the Gartner hype cycle, and is on the lips of every technical marketing exec. Companies are doing things with it, but many projects are still proving out the concepts. You can’t talk about the weather these days without a gimmicky, gee-whiz weather chatbot trying to impress you with …

[Dr Stephen Jones]

And then... profit!

"The sci-fi scenarios are mostly over, too. We’re already seeing the backlash articles as it slides into Gartner’s trough of disillusionment."

Yes.

"It’ll emerge from the other side of that, too, and be met by a sensible base of programmers who understand its capabilities, and how to use it."

This usually happens about 20 years later.

"At that point, it’ll be making its way into business tools without anyone having to slap a label on it, and delivering significant benefits. Then, the real magic will happen."

Don't stop believin'

Hold onto the feelin'