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“Do chatbots, robots, and digital assistants intrigue you?
What about automated vehicles and virtual assistants?
They’re all part of the world of artificial intelligence. AI is a field of computer science that focuses on the creation of a machine that can replicate human behavior.
The science fiction of yesterday quickly becomes reality. AI statistics surrounding the business and tech industries are changing. AI has already altered the way we think and interact with each other every day. Whether it’s in healthcare, education, or manufacturing, AI yields a great deal of success in nearly every industry.
Whether it’s AI’s effect on startups and investments, robotics, big data, virtual digital assistants, the full market overview, or voice search and recognition, the below stats will give you a better understanding of AI’s current state and its future scope.
To realize how close we are to outsourcing most of our activities to intelligent robots, check out the detailed infographic. We at TechJury enjoyed thoroughly preparing it; hopefully, you will find it amusing and useful too.
It focuses mostly on narrow AI but also shows the mesmerizing resources poured into the industry that might lead to the discovery of true intelligence one day in the not-so-distant future
(Source: Source: Accenture)
Accenture researched the impact of AI in 12 developed countries. The study revealed that it could double economic growth rates by 2035. AI will enable people to use their time efficiently, which will increase their productivity by 40%.
(Source: MIT)
Some AI stats published in MIT Sloan Management Review show that three-quarters of executives believe AI will enable their company to expand and many believe that it will allow their enterprise to gain a competitive advantage.
(Source: CMO)
Well, this is one of the best artificial intelligence stats from 2018 that every business owner needs to know. As a part of their marketing efforts, 47% of the more advanced enterprises have applied an AI strategy to their mobile apps; additionally, 84% use a personalized strategy.
(Source: Strategy Analytics)
There’s no denying that artificial intelligence has also dominated the technological landscape. With that said, consumers in India and China are more likely to embrace this technology.
(Source: PEGA)
This is one of the more interesting AI facts; only 33% think that they use technology that features artificial intelligence. The actual number is, shockingly, much higher. In reality, 77% use an AI-powered service.
(Source: Statista)
84% of business organizations will adopt AI because it gives them a competitive advantage over their rivals. That is the conclusions, according to a 2017 artificial intelligence Statista study.
(Source: Econsultancy)
17% of in-company respondents and 21% of agencies planned to innovate with AI in 2018. However, after a number of studies in 2018, AI has already proven to be a prominent technology in the marketing medium.
(Source: Creative Strategies)
According to a study by Creative Strategies, only 2% of iPhone owners have never used Siri, and only 4% of Android owners have never leveraged the power of OK Google. When it comes to usage, 51% use voice assistants in the car, 6% in public, and 1.3% at work.
(Source: Location World)
With this percentage, it’s clear that the use of voice search is slowly becoming commonplace in people’s everyday lives.
(Source: Gartner)
Audio-centric technologies like Amazon Echo have access to dialogue-based information. According to the AI statistics provided by Gartner, the voice-first interaction will gain prominence in no time.
(Source: IHS MARKIT)
A press release by IHS Markit, a business information provider, found that 4 billion devices have AI-powered assistants, and this number will reach 7 billion by 2020.
(Source: Pew Research)
A 2017 Pew Research study showed that 46% of Americans use digital assistants to interact with their smartphones. Voice assistants are present on a diverse range of devices, so 42% of users have the tech on their smartphones, 14% of them use it on a computer or tablet, while 8% of them use it on a standalone device such as Amazon Echo or Google Home.
(Source: Google)
With 89% accuracy, Google’s deep learning program is 15% more effective than pathologists.
(Source: Forbes)
Customers will give up on a search after 90 seconds, according to research conducted by Netflix, supported by other artificial intelligence statistics from 2017. With this in mind, Netflix implemented a working machine learning algorithm that now automatically recommends personalized movies and TV shows to subscribers.
(Source: Harvard Business Review)
The project report on HBR says that AI can support three types of business capabilities: automating business processes, engaging with customers and employees, and gaining insights through data analysis.
(Source: McKinsey)
A paper by McKinsey shows that 20% of C-level executives across ten countries consider machine learning to be a core part of their business.
(Source: McKinsey)
According to McKinsey’s research into AI statistics, Amazon strategically acquired Kiva, a robotics company that automates the process of picking and packing in the warehouse. With Kiva, the average click-to-ship time is 15 minutes, which is a 225% improvement from where it was.
(Source: Statista)
Statista conducted an online survey of 1,028 respondents in 2017 and found that 61% of them were planning to use AI for sales forecasting.
(Source: Gartner)
Currently, virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri have an excellent understanding of our language. They decipher the meaning of what humans say and, at times, make a judgment as well. With increasing innovation, these chatbots can also be used to automate even more responses of basic client queries.
(Source: Chatbots Magazine)
Chatbots are one of the simplest ways to solve a problem. They give consumers an immediate response, and this real-time exchange has changed consumers’ communication preferences.
(Source: Business Insider)
A survey of 5,000 consumers across six countries found that 38% rated their overall perception of chatbots as positive. 11% had a negative perception, while 51% gave a neutral statement.
(Source: Informatica)
On May 16, 2017, Informatica, a data management firm, announced an AI addition to their data platform, Claire. The firm says that it will make it easy to find, use, and visualize data.
(Source: Accenture)
Powered by the “Teach and Test” methodology, these services will help companies monitor and measure the artificial intelligent products within their in-house systems.
(Source: PwC)
This is one of our most vital AI facts for 2018. You might plan to go slow on AI implementation, but with cyber attacks growing every day there’s no benefit in holding back.
The more AI systems you use in your organization, the easier it will be to defend from cyber attacks. There are some companies that are already building AI-enabled cloud-based threat lakes and more.
(Source: Gartner)
There are many AI startups owned by former employees of large corporations; after all, forming a new company with a focus on artificial intelligence is a great way to get ahead of the curve. Startups are finding new ways to implement custom AI solutions.
(Source: IDC)
These AI stats for 2019 provided by IDC FutureScape presentations show that the above efforts and initiatives will all be supported by both artificial intelligence and cognitive abilities. There is a major transition happening right now, and 2019 will see several new developments in artificial intelligence.
(Source: PwC)
Well, this is one of the important points that everyone wants to know about and probably already fears. According to the report from PwC, a consultancy firm, researchers say that automated bots could take up to 38% of the jobs in the US, 30% of the jobs in the UK, 21% in Japan, and 35% in Germany.
(Source: Forbes)
AI is gathering momentum for nearly two decades now, Forbes data shows that new AI companies appear 14 times more often since the turn of the century, while investments in AI startups increased 6 times since then.
(Source: The Washington Post)
The Washington Post tried leveraging AI to report on key information during the 2016 Rio Olympics. They developed a writer, named Heliograf, who was used to generate multi-sentence updates to readers. It processed a combination of different data sources and then customized around 850 stories, depending on user requests.
(Source: The Guardian)
They will be able to make jokes, tell stories, and even flirt.
(Source: PwC)
The research predicts that AI will increase labor productivity and optimize business efficiency by 67%, automate communication by 70%, and improve data analytics by 59%.
(Source: Forrester)
Forrester has forecasted a few of the major AI adoption statistics, saying that cognitive technologies like AI will also create a few jobs; however, even with that addition, automation will replace a net of 7% of US jobs by 2025.
(Source: Tractica)
Both semi- and fully autonomous vehicles will entirely rely on AI systems. However, the impact will not be restricted to autonomous driving. Suppliers will also be able to use AI to personalize their cars and make them more convenient. With this, the compound annual growth could increase by 48.3%.
(Source: Adobe)
This is one of the most important statistics about artificial intelligence. According to the survey, AI—its ability to deal with massive amounts of data—is one of the main drivers of the creative renaissance occurring within the business today.
(Source: Forrester)
We are living in an era where the customer influences everything. Customers who are connected to a brand have more control over their purchases, get more personalized experiences from brands, and also get incredible customer service.
So by 2020, according to these AI stats, there are chances that the brands offering a customer-centric experience will see more success, revenue, and profit.
It is already a fact, the AI engineer jobs available on Monster right now are thousands. Machine learning and voice recognition positions are getting equal traction.
Artificial intelligence will be everywhere in a few years. You’ll be able to find it in all kinds of devices, in the automotive and healthcare industries, and in education.
AI will impact on everything, even jobs. It’s expected that robots and machines will perform the majority of jobs currently done by humans, but this scenario shouldn’t happen for another 50 years.
The above-mentioned AI statistics all show how artificial intelligence influences our lives right now and how this influence will only expand in the future. AI devices will impact your work productivity, chatbots will provide an incredible customer experience, and digital assistants will streamline all your daily activities. Even marketers will adopt effective artificial intelligence trends in order to reap the maximum ROI.
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“Reading to your kids is important however you do it—at bedtime or during the day, with picture books or novels, on your own or with zany sound effects. Hey, science says so. But if you’re feeling like your readings are becoming a little lackluster, or you just want to up your game, here’s some advice from those who make a living out of reading aloud: audiobook narrators.
Even if you love a certain book, it might not be the best pick for reading aloud. Mary Robinette Kowal, the voice behind audiobooks including Seveneves and Digging In, suggests looking for stories with a small cast of characters (if there are too many, it becomes difficult to vocally distinguish between them, unless you’re Mel Blanc), self-contained scenes (narratives that jump around in time might get confusing) and “language that lends itself to an almost onomatopoeic sense.” She gives the example of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories, which were written specifically to be read aloud. “He uses rhythm and onomatopoeia to make really dynamic sentences that are just plain fun to read,” Kowal explains. There are tons of great read-aloud book lists out there for every age group—I usually love any selection by Sarah Mackenzie, founder of Read-Aloud Revival.
To make sure your reading flows, do a quick read-through before it’s game time. Suzy Jackson, who has narrated more than a hundred titles including the Dory Fantasmagory series, tells Vox that while she’s preparing to read a book, she’ll underline character names and draw an arrow next to it so that she always knows who’s talking before she launches into a specific voice. “It’s this weird mental trick of staying really present but also kind of always reading a little bit ahead.”
In general, many audiobook narrators recommend reading slowly—even slower than seems natural to you. “As you become more familiar with the text, you will naturally speed up.” Kowal explains. “You should be painfully slow, in your own ears. A period means pause and count to 2. A comma means pause and count to 1.” But when it comes to dialogue, you can play with vocal speed. Lyssa Browne, an audiobook narrator who voiced the Audacity Jones series, explained on the Read-Aloud Revival podcast that if you don’t want to make up a new voice for every character, changing your tempo can have a similar effect. “Some characters can have a really fast voice and then if you give it a slower pace, it seems like somebody else entirely, even though you don’t change your voice,” she says.
“How often does a child get the chance to hear their mom or dad using silly voices or strange voices?” Jim Dale, a famed audiobook narrator, told the New York Times. Dale invented 146 distinct characters while recording Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is a time to let go of your inhibitions and be evil Aunt Spiker and Sponge in James and the Giant Peachor the pestering little Ramona Quimby.
While you’re the reader, remember that this is for your kids. Make it an interactive experience. Let them ask questions, request that you do that one silly voice again, or announce that they too have superpowers like the book’s protagonist. “A story that should only last five minutes can take an hour, which is wonderful,” Dale tells the Times.
Finally, relax. Unlike the pros, you don’t need read a book perfectly. Your kids will still love it, and if they don’t, the great thing is you can try again tomorrow.”
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