IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial Intelligence and Automation 2022 Predictions

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

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• 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

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• 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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• IT Impact

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• 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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• IT Impact

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• 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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• IT Impact

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• 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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• IT Impact

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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

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• 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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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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