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Artificial intelligence (AI)

Expert guidance on AI, from its history to algorithms and everyday examples.

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In 2022, AI is a ubiquitous tool for both consumers and businesses. We want to equip you with the knowledge of how AI works – from the data that trains it, to how it can help businesses grow.

That’s where we come in. We’ve compiled all our best resources on AI, touching on topics from how it works to advantages and disadvantages, even stretching back to where it all began and where it may go in the future.

What is AI?

The phrase “artificial intelligence” refers to a specific branch of computer science that is concerned with replicating the thinking and decision-making abilities of the human brain. These programs do tasks that were previously considered too complex for a machine to handle, such as data categorisation, machine assembly or even playing games against humans. The field of AI is ever-evolving, as is the definition.

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Introducing Tableau Business Science

Tableau business science is a new class of AI-powered analytics that brings data science capabilities to business domain experts. Using AI, machine learning, and other statistical methods to solve business problems has largely been the purview of data scientists. Many organisations have small data science teams focused on specific mission-critical and highly scalable problems. But there are a large number of business decisions that rely on experience and knowledge in addition to data.

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