The technology industry has always had a big problem with hype, with marketing teams, analysts and the media alike tending to fixate on the next big thing that will revolutionise our lives. Artificial intelligence is the latest technology to be seized by hype, due in part to its role as a staple of science fiction for decades – something which sets it apart from other much-discussed topics such as big data analytics.
This makes the concept very easy to relate and explain – even if most sci-fi AI are cautionary tales, from HAL 9000 to Skynet, or even going back into mythology with the Golem.
