Deloitte Predictions: Machine learning in consumer tech will transform, frighten, and save lives

As for TV ads? Flat is the new upTORONTO - The ways in which humans interact with technology will be significantly altered in 2017 and beyond, as mobile devices will be able to perform machine learning tasks even without connectivity.Within the next 12 months, according to Deloitte’s 2017 Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions, over 3 million smartphones in Canada, or over a third of phones sold in the year, will have machine learning capabilities within the device. Over time, these capabilities are also likely to be found in tens of millions (or more) of drones, tablets, cars, virtual...