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THE AGE OF AI: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS WE ASKED SOME OF THE REGION’S TOP TECH EXECUTIVES ON WHAT THEY THINK IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT AI WILL HAVE IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS. HERE’S WHAT THEY ANSWERED… By Neesha Salian
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SASCHA GIESE
GLOBAL TECHNICAL EVANGELIST, SOLARWINDS That’s perhaps the trillion-dollar question and you can be assured that organisations are working tirelessly towards creating these incredibly impactful use cases for AI. Even right now, AI is proving to be a valuable tool in our lives, assisting us in automating repetitive tasks and improving our decision-making processes. Take IT for example – here AI solutions are allowing us to make sense of data lakes at a speed and level of detail we could not process as humans. And as users or customers, AI enables us to get faster responses and additional services that would be otherwise too expensive for organisations to provide. However, currently, in both these scenarios, humans are still involved. Looking to the future, this might not be the case which is a prospect that is both liberating and unsettling.
RAMI NEHME
REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR, OPSWAT I believe AI will fundamentally change how we approach cybersecurity. AI’s most significant impact will be its ability to predict and prevent cyber threats before they can cause harm. With advanced machine learning algorithms, AI can analyse vast amounts of data to identify unusual patterns and behaviors,