You could be forgiven for reading the headlines and thinking that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are still part of a future-facing set of technologies that are not yet having much impact. Or that, alternatively, we are on the verge of a jobless world where AI/ML will replace humans in a wide range of industrial and professional tasks.

But neither of these are true. In fact, AI/ML is already positively impacting many industries for the better and pushing forward significant advancements in areas as diverse as healthcare, finance, online services and agriculture.

‘The first nation to successfully digitise its built infrastructure, and thereby generate the data suitable for AI/ML, will reap huge benefits in improved infrastructure provision, in better public services, and in generating whole new areas of economic activity and enterprise’

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