Thinkers360 2021 Predictions are member-sourced predictions from our opt-in B2B thought leader and influencer community with 25M+ followers on social media combined. The 2021 Predictions for AI are part of a series intended to provide actionable insights for business and technology executives.

We asked a selection of our Thinkers360 global influencers about their predictions for AI in 2021. Here’s what they told us…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) will continue to evolve as the industry and organization understand the incredible power offered by the solutions driven by these transformational technologies. However, the transformative results through AI will not come without effort. To unlock the full potentials of the AI, ML, and DL organizations will have to do the heavy lifting of going on, ‘all in’ digital transformation, embracing data sovereignty, and accelerating their computing methodologies. AI will be the dominant technology witnessing the adoption of viable real-time applications with ample commercial use-cases with ROI generating apps rather than just experiments especially with the significant impact caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic which has become apparent that smart machines and self-teaching algorithms will play a major role in the ongoing fight against this outbreak as well as how it is helping disrupt and transform every industry verticals and the very face of the way we live, work, and socialize. Automation, Predictive, Prevention and Smarter Big Data Analytics and Insights is what the businesses will offer as AI will become its substratum.

–         Rajashree Rao, Head of Partnerships & Ecosystem (APAC) at R² Data Labs, Rolls-Royce