Getting started with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made tremendous strides since its pioneering days in the 1950s. The predefined static algorithms designed for statistical analysis and prediction running on the earliestcomputers gave way to early instances of machine learning in the 1980s, when algorithms were taught to recognize relationships and build models of complex systems.

The advent of large neural networks in the 2000s paved the way for massive expansions of computational capability and the introduction of generative AI and large language models capable of working with complex and abstract patterns.

From a business perspective, the potential to derive insights, reduce workloads, and accelerate productivity looks almost limitless — and businesses are actively investigating ways to put AI to work.