[kennu]

All the big cloud providers are offering pre-trained models for currently popular AI/ML use cases, such as image labelling, face recognition etc. I think this will be the easiest way to apply AI/ML, combined with transfer learning so that the provider can pre-train the basic model and then provide a way for the customer to customize it further for a specific use case.

Of course this can also fail if the pre-trained generic models don't offer enough value and you end up having to develop your own models, but we'll see how it goes.

Btw, I've published a short Kindle book that aims to provide an overview of these pre-trained services currently available on various clouds, it can be found on Amazon by searching for AI ML Managed Services 2018. It attempts to save you the trouble of scanning through all the online documentation to find out what they do.