Tech Trend Forecasts of 2017

New Entrants Expected.

- Shreya Bhattacharya

Welcome to December, the last month of the year 2016. While we prepare ourselves to adieu goodbye to the current year with all party plans and looking back at the top stories, we also start predicting and anticipating for the year ahead.

It’s without any doubt that 2016 has been quite an eventful year in terms of politics, international, finance, sports and ofcourse technology. With the same trend, we speculate a huge leap in 2017 as well. Leave aside the other factors for the specialists, let’s look into the tech trends of 2017:

1. AI AND ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING 

Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced machine learning (ML) are made up of technologies and processes like deep learning and neural networks. What began as algorithms to automate manual tasks, borrowing from advanced statistical techniques has developed into a broader framework and architecture that learns like a human might, and can use historical data to predict the future. These systems will become more adaptable and potentially operate autonomously.

Applied AI and advanced machine learning give rise to a spectrum of intelligent implementations, including physical devices (robots, autonomous vehicles, consumer electronics) as well as apps and services (virtual personal assistants, smart advisors). These implementations will be delivered as a new class of obviously intelligent apps and things as well as provide embedded intelligence for a wide range of mesh devices and existing software and service solutions.

2. INTELLIGENT APPS