The sensationalist hype around AI has a lot of people believing that the technology may be too advanced or too technical for their businesses to take advantage of. This is false. AI is here now and you can start using it today.
What Can You Do With AI Today?
In casual conversation, people tend to conflate narrow focused AI, where a training set is crafted to perform specific tasks, with the inevitable (but not yet created) AGI “artificial general intelligence,” which (in theory) will be able to learn to do anything and possibly be self-aware. It’s an easy mistake to make, but it is a mistake nonetheless.
The AI tools outlined below do specific tasks and they all have certain features in common. Almost all of them allow you to work with unstructured data. They all have the ability to assist you in data-driven decision making, and all have interfaces that allow non-technical people to use AI for real projects and get meaningful results. For example, today you can use AI for:
These tasks can be applied to an incredibly wide range of business problems and processes. With that in mind, here are five AI clouds you can start using today.
1. Amazon and Machine Learning on AWS
Far and away the most popular suite of cloud-based AI tools, Amazon Machine Learning on AWS (Amazon Web Services) is the industry leader in several areas of AI as evidenced by the company’s own use of its technology. Amazon machine learning tools help Amazon increase productivity in fulfillment centers, power its recommendation engine, enable Alexa Voice Services, and even fly its drones.
