AI & Machine Learning
by John C. Liu, Ph.D. CFA
Nashville CIO Council
November 9, 2018
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WHAT WE DO
Cognitive Computing
platform that understands
human communication
OFFICE LOCATIONS:
Nashville
Washington
New York
London
INVESTORS:
Goldman Sachs, Credit
Suisse, Nasdaq, In-Q-Tel,
HCA & Lemhi Ventures
RESULTS PROVEN IN:
Government
Financial Services
Health Care
Data Science
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
DIGITAL REASONING
THE POWER TO IMPROVE YOUR WORLD
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE:
The ability of a machine
to replicate intelligent
human behavior
MACHINE
LEARNING:
The ability to improve
performance on a task
progressively, without
being explicitly
programmed
4 Big Ideas
Data Driven Decision Making
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
COGNITIVE
COMPUTING:
ML + BigData + NLP
OUTLOOK
WORLDWIDE
SPENDING ON
COGNITIVE AND
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
WILL REACH $19.1
BILLION IN 2018
SOURCE: IDC
40% OF DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
INITIATIVES WILL USE AI
SERVICES.
AI SPENDING WILL
GROW TO $52.2
BILLION IN 2021.
SOURCE: IDC
AI Spending in Retail ($3.4B)
AI Spending in Banking ($3.3B)
AI Spending in Manufacturing ($2B)
AI Spending in
Healthcare ($1.7B)
WHERE ARE COMPANIES SPENDING?
In the Cloud
On
Data
Science
Teams
On ML Tools
On Deep Learning
On Microservices/Mesh
With
Lots of
Proof-of-
Concepts
What	is	working?	WHAT HAS TRACTION?
Applications
Majority
•  SPAM filtering
•  Business Analytics
•  Risk Scoring (insurance, banking, credit cards)
Early Adopters
•  RPA (e-discovery, QA)
•  Customer Service (chatbots)
•  Marketing (sales lead automation)
•  Behavior Design (captology)
Market Effect
Source: Grand View Research
The Next 5 Years, We Will See…
Innovation in HR Analytics
Sales(people)
Automation
NLG in News Media
Automated Voice
Customer
Service
AI in Healthcare
MAYBE IN A FEW MORE YEARS.
Thank you.
Power to Improve Your World

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