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12 SMT007 MAGAZINE I SEPTEMBER 2018 Today, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become common everyday words; however, the present reality and future potential are yet to evolve (Figure 1). As a result, there has been sheer excitement about evolving intellectual and dexterous capabil- ities to improve our lives, businesses, and security; meanwhile, there has also been trep- idation about unknown and unintended con- sequences. SMT Prospects & Perspectives Feature Column by Dr. Jennie S. Hwang, CEO, H-TECHNOLOGIES GROUP Swimming in the humongous volume of infor- mation and data (clean or dirty) is a challenge. A heightened challenge we face is that volume continues to grow and become increasingly com- plex. Will we miss some guiding information and useful data that we can use to our advantage? Will this overwhelming volume of data reach an unmanageable level? And how will we leverage technologies to make it manageable and useful and gain a competitive edge in a timely fashion? Artificial Intelligence: Super-Exciting, Ultra-Competitive Figure 1: AI will impact a multitude of fields, including education, business, and military.