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AI Concepts for Business Applications
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AI Concepts for Business Applications

by Nelson E. Brestoff
August 2019
Intermediate to advanced
152 pages
3h 44m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 5

The 4th Revolution

Let’s step back and consider the history we’ve lived and attempt to recognize where we’ve been. Many observers will tell us that we’re in a 4th Revolution, and I’m going to drop “Industrial” when describing the one we’re in now.

I’ll recount the previous Revolutions to be clear: The Industrial Revolution (Revolution No. 1) featured water, waterwheels, and steam power.

Industrial Revolution No. 2 featured electricity, which then changed everything. Revolution No. 3 relied on computers for automation and production at scale.

Today’s Revolution No. 4 is the digital (or information) era that relies on software and has finally found an inflection point, by which I mean the “elbow” of an exponential curve. Deep learning ...

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