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IDC FutureScape Figure
Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial Intelligence and Automation 2022 Top 10 Predictions
Executive Summary
IDC FutureScape Predictions
Summary of External Drivers
Predictions: Impact on Technology Buyers
Prediction 1: By 2023, the Emergence of Distinct AI Regulations in Europe, United States, and Asia Will Encourage Regional AI Solutions and Capabilities But Delay and Complicate AI Rollouts for 20% of G2000 Firms
Associated Drivers
IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 2: By 2026, 85% of Enterprises Will Combine Human Expertise with AI, ML, NLP, and Pattern Recognition to Augment Foresight Across the Organization, Making Workers 25% More Productive and Effective
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IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 3: By 2024, 70% of G2000 Investments in Business Automation Will Be for Multimodal Codeless Automation Platforms That Support Digital Enablement by Both Professional Developers and Business Users
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IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 4: By 2024, 60% of G2000 Will Expand the Use of AI/ML Across All Business-Critical Horizontal Functions Like Marketing, Legal, HR, Procurement, and Supply Chain Logistics
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IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 5: The 35% of Enterprises That Adopt Process Mining as a Controlling Layer for End-to-End Business Processes by 2023 Will Be at Least 20% More Profitable Than Peers That Do Not
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Guidance
Prediction 6: By 2024, 60% of Enterprises Will Have Operationalized Their ML Workflows Through MLOps/ModelOps Capabilities and AI-Infused Their IT Infrastructure Operations Through AIOps Capabilities
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Guidance
Prediction 7: By 2022, 50% of the G2000 Will Have Deployed Conversational AI Applications in a Wide Range of Use Cases in Multiple Languages with 20% Based on Advanced Language Models Such as BERT and GPT-3
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Guidance
Prediction 8: By 2027, 50% of the G2000 Organizations Will Invest in Neural Networks–Powered Climate Hazard Assessment, Adaptation, and Identification of Opportunities, Driving 25% Profit Growth
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Prediction 9: In 2025, Nearly 10% of IoT Systems Will Support AI, Compared with Nearly 20% of Edge Infrastructure Systems, Over 25% of Datacenter Systems, and Nearly 90% of IT (Phone/Tablet/PC) Client Systems
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IT Impact
Guidance
Prediction 10: By 2023, 55% of Companies Using Computer Vision Will Use a Pretrained Model in a Low-Code Environment That Either Fits Their Need or Can Be Adopted with Transfer Learning from Sparse Data Sets
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IT Impact
Guidance
Advice for Technology Buyers
External Drivers: Detail
Geopolitical Risk — Societal and Economic Tensions Irrupt
The Future Enterprise — Thriving in a Jungle of Agile Innovation
Embracing Digital First — New Strategies for Complexity and Ubiquity
Intelligence on Demand — Navigating the Torrent of Data
Digital Ecosystem — Thriving in a Multiplatform World
Workforce Outlook — Redefining Teams, Reinventing Models, and Rethinking Leadership
Engagement Reimagined — From Responsive to Anticipatory
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