AI is Out There

ROCKET FUEL

SPACE RACE

LAUNCH PREP

AI IS NOT SO ALIEN

AVOID A CRASH

STILL A STAR

ADVICE FROM MISSION CONTROL

The administration has made it clear – artificial intelligence (AI) is not something of the far-o� future, but happening in government agencies today. Do Federal and state, local, and higher education (SLED) IT professionals see it the same way?

IT pros felt a shift in AI momentum over the past two years:

94%FED

86%SLED

Majority say the American AI initiative increased their pace of adoption:

FEDSLED

79%74%

69% FED SLED

61%

want their agencies to be early adopters

73% will increase spending on AI in 2019

85% agree AI will be a game changer in their industry

15% feel completely prepared for AI

Despite progress, no more than

say AI is part of their technology roadmap

FED SLED

75% 60%

While just 14% are benefiting from AI today,

61% report benefiting from at least one foundational AI technology (like voice assistants or high-performance computing)

Initial benefits?

FE

DSL

ED

57%Cybersecurity

45%

Operational e�ciency

39%

Operational e�ciency

42%

Quality control/error detection

36%

Strategic decision-making

39%Innovation

Top roadblocks?

FED

Talent

Infrastructure

SLED

Infrastructure

Culture

view AI as an asset vs. a threatFED SLED

75% 78%

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Beyond funding, what do you most need to advance AI?

FED SLED

Increase AI-related skill sets#1#2#3

46% 44%

Formal AI strategy

Invest in modern IT infrastructure

31%

Formal AI strategy

39%

37%Invest in modern IT infrastructure

40%

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