Last month, I found myself in the same hotel bar as IBM Chief Scientist Grady Booch and our conversation eventually turned to a hot topic: the near future of AI.  We weren’t talking strong AI like “open the pod bay doors Hal,” but the much more common (i.e. real) intelligence called “applied AI” that’s quietly sneaking into our homes and businesses.  I’ve written quite a lot about both kinds of AI lately, because barring a major civil unrest or natural disaster it’s likely to change the way we live more than any other type of innovation.  I just don’t think it will happen the way most people think…

Source: 2016: The Year of AI Made Real | Blake Irving | LinkedIn