Artificial Intelligence Is Still A Science Project In Most Companies
- by 7wData
- January 31, 2020

If you feel your organization is a laggard with artificial intelligence, don’t feel bad — it turns out everyone else is struggling with it too. AI may be the talk of the town these days, but it’s only just getting out of the starting gate at most companies.
The question is, will AI remain in the labs while the industry moves on to the next technology trend, or will it become the revolutionary force some are predicting?
IBM, which released a study of more than 550 executives, which finds plenty of interest in AI, a full commitment to moving it forward, but very cautious progress. Many organizations are reporting they are still in testing mode, and more than half of the executives are still either experimenting or testing on a limited basis around their organizations. One in seven are only at the planning stage.
That’s the challenge with AI and machine learning — bringing it out from proofs of concept or labs and scaling it to meet large-scale production requirements.
Where to start? There are several flavors of AI, and organizations are tooling around with as many of these as possible, whether it’s machine learning-based, deep learning-based, natural language-based, or visual learning-based applications. At least 15 percent are using all four forms of AI within their walls, but the majority, 69 percent, are using some combination of pairings of machine learning, deep learning, and visual AI.


