The Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is on fire—the good-growth kind of fire, not the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 kind of fire. AI’s boom encompasses natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, voice recognition, and image processing. Enabled by mobile devices and cloud technology, some analysts predict the enterprise AI market alone will reach $31.5 billion by 2025. What companies are investing, …
Can Machine Learning Make HR Better?
Are you familiar with deep learning? Deep learning describes the ability for artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to learn from our behavior using brain-like structures called neural networks, and it’s changing the field of human resources in significant ways. AI programs can predict outcomes based on past experiences fed into the program. Because AI can recognize patterns and analyze data at …
Technology and the Shift from Data Access to Data Creation
As I sit at my computer typing this, I have access to nearly all of human knowledge. This easy access to information defines our culture today. We Google answers to questions about the world around us, from science to pop culture. We ask Siri for the nearest Indian restaurant, and we get to know new people online without ever meeting …
Connecting the Dots Between Big and Small Data
Big data is driving a great deal of change in the modern business world. While big data provides a broad focus, small data offers more detail. For many companies, big data is hard to crack in terms of deriving insight, and small data is essentially useless without the proper context. Connecting small data to big data trends is vital to …
When AI Chatbots Attack: What You Need to Know About the Struggle to Program Empathy
What’s new in the world of AI and chatbots? Plenty, actually. Love them or hate them, you’d better be prepared for these technologies to power the future of the B2B sales process. First, though, there are a few kinks that need to be worked out—or manners to be worked in, however you want to look at it. Don’t think so? …
Artificial Intelligence and HR: The New Wave of Technology
It’s no secret that I love technology. From the domination of mobile to the latest in recruitment tools and gamification, and how video and live streaming is having an impact on hiring and training—changes are afoot that many of us couldn’t have imagined 15 or so years ago. And I love it all. The reason this “tech meets HR” marriage …
Why Deep Learning (and AI) Will Change Everything
There’s a lot of movement in the tech space today, as developments in AI, machine learning and now deep learning are coming at a pace best described as rapid-fire. There’s a substantial amount of buzz around that last term, though—the newest to the group of powerhouses with the potential to change everything. Let’s examine what exactly makes deep learning so …