The data displays the global spending on automation and artificial intelligence business operations in 2016 and a forecast from 2017 to 2021. It is estimated that, in 2018, 7.5 billion USD will be spent on intelligent process automation. In this context, artificial intelligence is autonomous decision-making by a system or systems designed to simulate human thought processes. The process involves self-learning systems improved through data mining, pattern recognition, and natural language processing.
