Artificial intelligence may become either the most positive transformation of our history or, as many fear, our most dangerous invention of all. AI research is on a steady path to develop a computer that has cognitive abilities equal to the human brain.

Ray Kurzweil, AI expert and scientist, predicts that a “…20th century’s worth of progress happened between 2000 and 2014 and that another 20th century’s worth of progress will happen by 2021, in only seven years⁵…A couple decades later, he believes a 20th century’s worth of progress will happen multiple times in the same year, and even later, in less than one month⁶…Kurzweil believes that the 21st century will achieve 1,000 times the progress of the 20th century.”

Ray Kurzweil believes that “artificial materials will be integrated into the body more and more … Organs could be replaced by super-advanced machine versions that would run forever and never fail.

Artificial intelligence in business is the use of AI tools such as machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision to optimize business functions, boost employee productivity, and drive business value.

Artificial intelligence, or the development of computer systems and machine learning to mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of human intelligence, impacts an array of business processes. Organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) to strengthen data analysis and decision-making, improve customer experiences, generate content, optimize IT operations, sales, marketing and cybersecurity practices and more. As AI technologies improve and evolve, new business applications emerge.

*portions of this information was collected from 1) medium 2) datadriveninvestor.com 3 )IBM