This year marks 20 years since Spielberg’s sci-fi / drama movie came to our screens: A.I. Artificial Intelligence – and in 2021, AI is no longer the work of science fiction. In the last 20 years, AI uses have been explored for human benefits in numerous industries. AI has played a key role in developing vaccines against COVID-19. AI functions can be found in modern connected car safety features, such as in automatic braking and assisted lane functionality, and in more besides . It is technology used to automate a number of functions on your smartphone – from predictive text, (which can learn the words you commonly use), to voice-activated assistants, like Siri and Alexa. And AI also plays a significant role in the finance and banking industries.