Skift Take
Barry Diller's intelligence is not artificial at all and it's sometimes underrated. Diller has been one of the superstars in crafting the trajectory of online travel through his acquisitions and perseverance when things didn't always go smoothly.
This year won't be the year of artificial intelligence (AI). But it's coming and artificial intelligence will be transformational.
That summarizes the sentiments of Barry Diller, the chairman and senior executive of both Expedia and IAC/InterActiveCorp, who says that machine learning and artificial intelligence will combine to manage companies' big data troves and there will be layers of innovation "tacked onto distribution systems."
He argued that there won't be a single next big thing but there will be several tracks, including mobile, machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data.
Examples of artificial intelligence applications
