PwC Releases 2018 AI Predictions For How To Shape Business Strategy
PwC just released a new report on AI predictions and how it will help share business strategy in 2018. PwC's advisory marketing leader Matt Lieberman sits down with Alyssa Julya Smith in Los Angeles to discuss how businesses can start to implement these strategies and what it means for overall industries.
Lieberman talks about one of the insights which claims AI will not impact employment. The general worry out there is that robots will start taking away jobs for humans, but PwC’s predictions disagree. Lieberman explains that the findings indicate AI will help humans and machines work together.
Another area that study looks at is the role of AI when it comes to data. 59 percent of executives say BIG DATA at their company would be improved through the use of AI, which is beneficial to big businesses that have a hard time analyzing and putting their data to use.
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