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FEATURE: AI
Adopt AI and avoid
the fate of the dodo
Marko Salic, CEO of the Argility Technology
Group, one of South Africa’s leading technology
development corporations, tells about the impact
artificial intelligence has on our everday lives.
This is not a bad definition, but it just goes
nowhere near explaining the full impact
AI will definitely have on business and all
aspects of our lives.
AI brings with it the newly acquired magic
of machine learning. Once strictly in the
realms of science fiction movies, today it is
all around us.
We are all aware that digital technologies
are transforming our world at an exponential
rate. Personal computers, servers, Internet,
smartphones, tablets and social media have
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established the foundation of the current
digital world in which we live.
New digital technologies like cloud, big
data, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT),
augmented reality, virtual reality, robotics,
3D printing, machine learning and AI are
featured not just in technical journals but are
increasingly highlighted on daily news and
popular TV programmes.
This is because of the enormous potential
to impact all industries, businesses, lifestyles
and the very fabric of our society. Start-up
operations working with these technologies
are estimated to be a more attractive
venture funding target. Many businesses are
furiously developing new business models
leveraging these technologies. Businesses
around the world are working on enhancing
their understanding of the capabilities of AI
in order to leverage it in their drive to achieve
digital transformation; AI is pivotal to
achieving this as other digital technologies
essentially feed into it.
They supply data to enable AI via: sensors,
social media, connectivity, security,
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