Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Technology is now evolving at such a rapid pace that annual predictions of trends

can seem out-of-date before they even go live as a published blog post or article. As
technology evolves, it enables even faster change and progress, causing an
acceleration of the rate of change, until eventually, it will become exponential. 

Technology-based careers don’t change at the same speed, but they do evolve, and
the savvy IT professional recognizes that his or her role will not stay the same. And
an IT worker of the 21st century will constantly be learning (out of necessity if not
desire).

What does this mean for you? It means staying current with technology trends. And it
means keeping your eyes on the future, to know which skills you’ll need to know and
what types of jobs you want to be qualified to do. Here are eight technology trends
you should watch for in 2020, and some of the jobs that will be created by these
trends.

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has already received a lot of buzz in recent years, but it
continues to be a trend to watch because its effects on how we live, work, and play
are only in the early stages. In addition, other branches of AI have developed,
including Machine Learning, which we will go into below. AI refers to computer
systems built to mimic human intelligence and perform tasks such as recognition of
images, speech or patterns, and decision making. AI can do these tasks faster and
more accurately than humans.

Five out of six Americans use AI services in one form or another every day, including
navigation apps, streaming services, smartphone personal assistants, ride-sharing
apps, home personal assistants, and smart home devices. In addition to consumer
use, AI is used to schedule trains, assess business risk, predict maintenance, and
improve energy efficiency, among many other money-saving tasks.

AI is one part of what we refer to broadly as automation, and automation is a hot


topic because of potential job loss. Experts say automation will eliminate 73 million
more jobs by 2030. However, automation is creating jobs as well as eliminating
them, especially in the field of AI: Pundits predict that jobs in AI will number 23
million by 2020. Jobs will be created in development, programming, testing, support,
and maintenance, to name a few. Artificial Intelligence architect is one such job.
Some say it will soon rival data scientists in need of skilled professionals. To learn
more about potential jobs in AI, read about building a career in AI, or why you should
earn an AI certification.

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