Artificial intelligence and big data have formed a truly symbiotic relationship, and they need each other to bring to fruition what both are promising. If there are any lingering doubts that the fates of artificial intelligence and big data are intertwined, consider these recent quotes from two highly regarded thought leaders in this space: “Throughout the business world, every company these days is basically in the data business, and they’re going to need AI to civilize and digest big data and make sense out of it.” ( Kevin Kelly , co-founder of Wired).“In the past, AI’s growth was stunted due to limited data sets, representative samples of data rather than real-time, real-life data and the inability to analyze massive amounts of data in seconds. Today, there’s real-time, always-available access to the data and tools that enable rapid analysis. This has propelled AI and machine learning ...