Technology Trends for 2017
The world of digitalisation is facing new challenges for the coming year and promises surprises that we can not lose. If something is going to be characterized 2017, it will be by the rise of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, as by the revolution in security and privacy. Other sectors, such as digital platforms, will experience an evolution towards attention.
Like every year, we analyze what will be the technological trends for 2017 that will continue to revolutionize our lives. Autonomous cars and robots, virtual currency payment systems, smart apps, new interaction models and advances in virtual reality, among others, are the new trends that come.
New technologies based on artificial intelligence are allowing companies to go beyond traditional algorithms to understand and adapt their functions. At this point, the so-called machine learning or automatic learning is important, that is, a branch of artificial intelligence whose objective is to make the machines learn and work together with humans.
You ask yourself, what are the latest developments? Artificial intelligence prepares for the art of lip-reading. A project of the University of Oxford has shown the first tests of LipNet, a system able to read the lips that reaches up to 93.4% in their understanding of what people say. On the other hand, would it be possible to predict the risk of suicide through machine learning? A team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital has asked the same question and has been able to identify 93% of suicide risk cases using algorithms. Undoubtedly, we are facing an open field of possibilities to improve the quality of life of people.
Another area where artificial intelligence will be relevant is in smart apps, such as virtual personal assistants that optimize our tasks, email management applications, or new e-commerce platforms. In this sense, Ebay's global CEO, DevinWening, is convinced that "technologies like artificial intelligence will radically change the way we shop online."