In business, artificial intelligence has a wide range of uses. In fact, most of us interact with artificial intelligence in some form or another on a daily basis. From the mundane to the breathtaking, artificial intelligence is already disrupting virtually every business process in every industry. As artificial intelligence technologies proliferate, they are becoming an imperative for businesses that want to maintain a competitive edge.

Rather than serving as a replacement for human intelligence and ingenuity, artificial intelligence is generally seen as a supporting tool. Although artificial intelligence currently has a difficult time completing common-sense tasks in the real world, it is adept at processing and analysing troves of data far more quickly than a human brain could. Artificial intelligence software can then return with synthesised courses of action and present them to the human user. In this way, humans can use artificial intelligence to help game out possible consequences of each action and streamline the decision-making process.

We’ve always relied on a two-dimensional display to play a game or interact with a webpage or read an e-book. What’s going to happen now with artificial intelligence and a combination of [the internet of things] is that the display won’t be the main interface – the environment will be. You’ll see people designing experiences around them, whether it’s in connected buildings or connected boardrooms. These will be 3D experiences you can actually feel.